How Rackets Work And How They May Be Stopped - A Statement of the Program of the Citizens Committee on the Control of Crime in New York, Incorporated

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How Rackets Work And How They May Be Stopped presents the Citizens Committee on the Control of Crime in New York, Incorporated’s program to combat organized crime. It argues that existing city-wide enforcement is fragmented across police, prosecutors, and criminal courts, leaving no unified view of racket formation. The plan emphasizes day-by-day records of general and organized crime, continuous analytical study of data, and systematic observation to detect conditions and alliances indicated by incidents described in the statement.

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How Rackets Work And How They May Be Stopped

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97-84152-5 Citizens Committee on theControl of Crime.. How rackets work and howthey may be stopped New York [1935?] # COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARIESPRESERVATION DIVISIONBIBLIOGRAPHIC MICROFORM TARGET ORIGINAL MATERIAL AS FILMED-EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 308Z Box 498Citizenscommittee on the control of orime inNew York. How rackets work and how they may be stopped;B statement of the progran of the Citizens com-mitteo on the control of crimo in Hew York,in-corporated,together with the text of an addressby Thomas E。Dewey ….delivered at the HotelComenodore,May 11,at the luncheon of the Ci七i-zens committee.New York,The Comnittee e1935?,16 p.76459 Reproductions may not be made without permission from Clumbia University Lbraries ## RESTRICTIONS ON USE: TECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA FILM SIZE: 5mREDUCTION RATIQ: //:/ IIB IMAGE PLACEMENT:IA IB DATE FILMED: 8|5|97,INITIALS: TLM TRACKING\#: 25571 FILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA. 2017 # How Rackets WorkAnd HowTheyMayBeStopped A Statement of the Program ofTHE CrTIZENS CoMMITTEE ON THE CoNTROLoF CRIME IN NEw YoRK,INCORPORATED Together with the Text of an Address byTHOMAS E.DEWEY,Special Prosecutor,delivered at the Hotel Commodore,May II,at the Luncheon of Tbe Citizens Committee 30813×498 Published by the Committee at its Headquarters50 Lafayette Street,New York City # THE CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON THECONT ROL OF CRIME IN NE W YOR KIN CORPORAT ED BArclay 7-6453 50 Lafayette Street HARRY F.GuGGENHEIM President GEORGEZ.MEDALIE LEE THOMPSON SMITH Second Vice-President First Vice-President RAYMOND G.FoRBES ARTEMUS L.GATES Assistant Treasurer Treasurer W.P.BEAZELL Secretary and Executive Director Directors RAYMOND MoLEY PHILIP A.BENSONHENRY BRECKENRIDGECHARLES C.BURLINGHAMS.SLOAN CoLTCLEVELANDE.DoDGEARTEMUs L.GATESJAMES W.GERARDDoUGLAS GIBBONSEDWARD S.GREENBAUMHARRY F.GUGGENHEIM MALCOLM MUIR BENJAMIN H.NAMM THOMAS I.PARKINSON ANGELO PATRI LIONELLo PERERA JoSEPH M.PROSKAUER VicTOR F.RIDDER WALTER N.RoTHSCHILD LEE THOMPSON SMITH E.RoLANDHARRIMANFRANK RAY HoWE RoDERICK STEPHENS SoLM.STROOCK L.SETON LINDSAYFREDERICK A.MACNUTTGEORGEZ.MEDALIE HERBERT BAYARD SwoPE THROOPM.WILDER MICHAEL WILLIAMS PARTICIPATING FUND ARTEMUS L.GATES,Chairman 一 rREaDTN.71.-一 .28.37 # How Rackets WorkAnd How They May Be Stopped ADELIVERY truck was destroyed by fire in Queens.Flamesconsumed a Brooklyn garage.Bullets were fired into a△business man's home from a moving car.In no case weredetectives able to find a single clue.Emery was discovered in thecrank cases of two ruined trucks in Manhattan.How it got thereno one could find out.Two salesmen were forced into a pillar ofan elevated railroad by a moving car.Both were injured.Thecar escaped. # A partial summary of the daily mishaps of a great city?Oncewe thought so.In fact,these incidents were the travail accom-panying the birth of a new racket—one of the richest of them all. So rackets have been born in New York in the last decadebecause,in all the protective machinery of the nation's greatestcity,there has been no single lens to bring within focus all theelements of rackets in the making.Inescapably there are passagesconcealed in every case of the People vs.the Underworld,whichif properly related could mean victory instead of defeat,or com-plete instead of partial victory. These same conditions exist with respect to general crime.NewYork has but one city-wide agency for the control of crime—thepolice.For prosecution and punishment there are five jurisdic-tions—each county has its own district attorney;each countyelects the judges of its own criminal courts;each county is com-pletely independent.There is no common approach to this vitalproblem,no uniform practice among them.There is no correl

FAQs

What problem does the program describe about crime control in New York City?

It describes fragmented control across police and multiple jurisdictions for prosecution and courts, with no common approach, uniform practice, or correlation of results.

How does the Citizens Committee’s plan aim to detect rackets?

It proposes systematic, day-by-day records of crime and continuous analytical study, combined with observation of police, prosecutors, and criminal courts to identify patterns and conditions that breed rackets.

Who is associated with the program’s supporting address?

The statement includes the text of an address by Thomas E. Dewey, Special Prosecutor, delivered at the Hotel Commodore on May 11.

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