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BOX 1

 

1.1: ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND THESES

 

- Smith, A. LaMont. Individual Treatment at the California Institution For Men . Master’s thesis, University of Southern California, 1944

 

- Plett, Nancy Page. A Study of the Visiting Procedures and Facilities in Adult Penal and Correctional Institutions in Twelve Western States . Honors Research Project, 1953

 

- Schapps, Myra R. High Walls and Open Gates . (1959)

 

- The United Prison Association of Massachusetts Correctional Research. What’s New in Parole; Personnel; Prison Education; Public Education; Prison Psychiatry and Psychology; and Prison Industries . (1955)

 

- Hawkinshire, Frank Bobby William, V. A History of the California State Department of Corrections, 1944-1959 . Master’s Thesis

 

- Narloch, Romey P. Criminal Homicide in California: A Cohort Study . Written for the Department of Justice. (1960)

 

- Bureau of Criminal Statistics Department of Justice, California. Adult Criminal Detention: A Study of Detentions in 5 California Counties . (1965)

 

- Rowe, M.J. Social Indices of Alameda County . (1965)

 

- Foreign Nationals in United States Penal Institution . Five page handout. (1972)

 

- Adams, Stuart Ph.D. Evaluative Research in Corrections: A Practical Guide . (1975)

 

- Lejins, Peter P. Criminal Justice in the United States: 1970-1975 . (1975)

 

- United Nations Social Defence Research Institute. Survey on Foreign Prisoners. n.d.

 

1.2: CALIFORNIA BOARD OF CORRECTIONS

 

- California Board of Corrections: Minute Meetings, 1949-1959. Four volumes.

 

BOX 2

 

2.1: CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE

 

- Senate Interim Committee. Penal and Correctional Institutions. (1943)

 

- Governor’s Committee on Penal Affairs. Folsom and San Quentin Prison Escapes.

 

- Governor’s Investigation Committee on Penal Affairs. Final Report. (1944)

 

- Assembly Interim Committee. County and City Jails: Progress Report. (1945)

 

- Senate Special Committee on Governmental Administration. Study on Prisons. (1953)

 

- Senate Special Committee on Governmental Administration. Building Needs of State Correctional Institutions . (1954)

 

- Kelps, Ralph N. Statutes Affecting Correctional Administration in California . (1959)

 

- Beaudry, Sylvia L. Report of the Senate Committee on Correctional Facilities . (1961)

 

- Assembly Interim Committee. Reports of Assembly Interim Committee on Criminal Procedure . (1963)

 

- Senate Fact Finding Committee on Judiciary Report and Recommendations. Post Conviction Procedures. (1963)

 

2.2: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

 

- Reverend Lester Kinsolving. A Clergyman’s View of Capital Punishment . American

 

- Playfair, Giles. Is The Death Penalty Necessary? The Atlantic, Volume 200, No.3 (Sept, 1957)

 

- Thomas, Trevor. This Life We Take: The Case Against the Death Penalty . (1959)

 

- Illinois Committee to Abolish Capital Punishment. The Death Penalty. (1959)

 

- Judge Evelle J. Younger. Capital Punishment: A Sharp Medicine. American Bar Association Journal, Volume 42, No.2 (Feb., 1959)

 

- Sellin, Thorsten. The Death Penalty . (1959)

 

- Senate Committee on Judicary. Senate Bill No.1 (which proposed to abolish the Death Penalty), (1960)

 

- Havmann, Ernest. Capital Punishment is not the Answer . Readers Digest (May, 1960)

 

- Smith, A LaMont. Justification for the Continuance of the Death Penalty in California (1961)

 

- Gibson, Evelyn and S. Klein. Murder: Studies in the Causes of Delinquency and the Treatment of Offenders . (1961)

 

- Ancel, Marc. Capital Punishment . Complied for the United Nations. (1961)

 

- Report of the Committee on Capital Punishment. (Oct 3, 1962)

 

- Smith, A. LaMont. The Case for Capital Punishment . (1966)

 

- Department of Economics and Special Affairs. Capital Punishment: Part 1. Report, 1960: Part II Developments, 1961-1965 . (1968)

 

- United Nations. Capital Punishment . (1968)

 

- Zeisel, Hans. Some Data on Juror Attitudes Towards Capital Punishment . (1968)

 

- Smith, A. LaMont and Robert M. Carter. Count Down for Death. (1969)

 

- Carter, Robert M and A. LaMont Smith. The Death Penalty in California: A Statistical and Composite Portrait . (1969)

 

- Mattick, Hans W. The Unexamined Death: An Analysis of Capital Punishment . (1972)

 

- United States Department of Justice. Capital Punishment, 1976. (1977)

 

2.3: COUNTY JAILS

 

- Adams, Stuart Ph.D. and Milton Burdman. The County Jails of California: An Evaluation. (1957)

 

- Adams, Stuart Ph.D. and Milton Burdman. The County Jails of California: An Evaluation. (1957). Selected pages reproduced for Criminology 104- A. A. LaMont Smith.

 

2.4: DEERINGS CALIFORNIA CODES

 

- State of California. Penal Code of California: Appendix . (1949)

 

- State of California. Penal Code of California . (1959)

 

2.5: DETENTION FACILITIES

 

- California Board of Corrections. Report and Recommendations on the Detention Facilities and Program: County of Santa Clara . (1954)

 

- California Board of Corrections. Report and Recommendations on the Detention Facilities and Program: City and County of San Francisco . (1955)

 

- California Board of Corrections. Detention Program for Adult Pre-Sentence Prisoners: Recommendations and Analysis . (1957)

 

- California Board of Corrections. Detention Program for Adult Prisoners: Report and Recommendations . (1958)

 

- California Board of Corrections. California Laws Pertaining to County and City Adult Detention Facilities . (1959)

 

- California Board of Corrections. Adult Detention Facilities and Treatment Program for Kings County . (1960)

 

- California Board of Corrections. Adult Detention Facilities and Treatment Program for Marin County (1960)

 

2.6: EUROPEAN CRIMINOLOGY

 

- Vermes, Miklos. Some Questions of Principle and Methodology in Criminological Research . (1963)

 

- Information on the Legal Systems and State Organizations of the Hungarian Peoples Republic, Budapest. (1964)

 

- Hungarian Lawyer’s Association. Hungarian Law Review, No.1 (1964)

 

- Hungarian Lawyer’s Association. Hungarian Law Review, No.2 (1965)

 

- Hungarian Lawyer’s Association. Hungarian Law Review , No.1 (1966)

 

- International Prisoners Aid Association. European Cooperation in the International Probation . (1977)

 

BOX 3

 

3.1: INMATE COUNSELING

 

- The American Prison Association. The Inmates Relationship With Persons Form The Outside the Adult Correction Institution (1950-1953)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. An Introduction to Group Counseling in Prison . (1955)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. Que Sera Su Vida? (What Will Our Life Be?) (1957)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. What Will Your Life Be? (1957)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. A Brief Historical Account of Group Counseling in the Prisons of California . (1957)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. Treatment in Prison: How the Family Can Help. (1958)

 

- Fenton, Norman Ph.D. The Prisoner’s Family: A Study of Family Counseling In an Adult Correctional System . (1959)

 

- The Northern California Service League. The County Jail Inmate as a Subject for Rehabilitation . (1964)

 

- Lohse, Ben and Edgar Smith. Correctional Review. (1965)

 

3.2: MINIMUM JAIL STANDARDS

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Minimum Jail Standards for California (1946)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Minimum Jail Standard: Including Standards for Feeding, Clothing and Bedding . (1952)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Minimum Jail Standards. (1963)

 

3.3: PAROLE AND PROBATION

 

- United States Department of Justice. Attorney General’s Survey of Release Procedures. Vol. 1-Vol. 5. (1939)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. California Male Prisoners Released on Parole: 1946-1949 . (1949)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. A Study of the County Jails of California. (1949)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Final Report of the Special Crime Study Commission on Adult Correction and Release Procedure . (1949)

 

- State of California Adult Authority. Report of Progress: Special Intensive Parole Unit . (1955)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Second Interim Report of Special Study On Correctional Facilities and Services: Probation, Jails, and Parole . (1957)

 

- California Department of Corrections. Parole: Philosophy, Policies, and Program. (1961)

 

- Davis, George F. A Study of Adult Probation Violation Rates By Means of the Cohort Approach . (1963)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Probation Supervision and Training. (1964)

 

- Assembly Committee on Criminal Procedure. Probation and Parole: Protection for Society. (1965)

 

- Lohman, Joseph D. and Albert Wahl. Report No. One.- No. Six. (April 1965-April 1966)

 

BOX 4

 

4.1: PAROLE AND PROBATION (cont)

 

- Lohman, Joseph D and Albert Wahl. Report No. Seven- No. Thirteen (September 1966-Sept. 1967)

 

- Spangler, Joseph. Parole in the West. 1870-1970-1980: Past, Present, Future . (1970)

 

- Banks, J. Evaluation of Intense Special Probation Projects . (1977)

 

4.2: RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

- State of California. Rules and Regulations of the Director of Corrections and of the Wardens and Superintendents of the California State Prisons . (1954)

 

- State of California. Rules and Regulations of the Director of Corrections . (1974)

 

4.3: YOUTH AUTHORITY

 

- The American Law Institute. Youth Correction Authority Act.

 

- California Department of the Youth Authority. Standards for Juvenile Hall. (1958)

 

- State of California. Recommendations for changes in California Juvenile Court Law .

 

- Galvin, John J. Institutional Treatment of Younger Offenders . (1961)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Inquiries Concerning Kinds of Treatment for Kinds of Delinquents . (1961)

 

4.4: OTHER

 

- Pacific Branch United States Disciplinary Barracks, Alcatraz, California. Post Regulations. (1932)

 

- Comrey, A.L., J.M. Pfiffner and H.P. Beem. Studies in Organizational Effectiveness in the U.S. Forest Survey . (1951)

 

- Neiswagner, William A., Et al. Laboratory Manual for Elementary Statistical Methods as Applied to Business and Economic Data . (1951)

 

- California State Board of Corrections. Narcotics and Hypnotics in California. (1953)

 

- Olson, Bruce. Pay as You Go Penology Program. Text Digest . (1960)

 

- Watson, Nelson A. ed. Police and the Changing Community: Selected Readings . (1965)

 

- Judicial Council of California. First Sentencing Institute for Superior Court Judges . (1965)

 

- Richmond, Mark S. Ed. New Roles for Jails: Guidelines for Planning . (1969)

 

- Richmond, Mark S. Ed. Classification for Jail Prisoners. (1971)

 

- Arizona Federal Detention Center: Rights and Responsibilities . (1972)

 

- Capital University Law Review. A Journal of Corrections and Institutional Control . (1973)

 

- United States Department of Justice. National Institute of Justice. (1989)

 

4.5: THE FIRST ASIAN-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (Nov. 15- Dec. 1, 1979)

 

-Brochures

 

-Catalog

 

-Program

 

-Booklets

 

-Papers and Essays

 

- Yong-Wook, Kim. Recent Juvenile Delinquency and Family Norm in Korea .

 

- Dr. Kwang-Kuo Hwang. T he Chinese Teenagers’ Perception of Parental Child- Rearing Practice and Their Personal and Social Adjustment .

 

- Der-Huey Yu. S everal Common Problems in Helping Pre-Delinquent Adolescents . (PDAs)

 

- Tsai, Te-hiu. A Comparable Research on the Effects of Institutional Treatment and Community-Based Treatment on Juvenile Delinquents .

 

- Cox, Steve M, Ph.D. Modernization and the Prevention and Control of Delinquency: A Look at the Case of Taiwan .

 

- Dr. Hsing-tang Lee. Sub-cultural Theory and Juvenile Delinquency.

 

- Dr. Kuo-shu-Yang. A Classificatory-Factorial Study of Problem Behavior in Chinese Young Adolescents .

 

- Chow, Chen-ou, Ph.D. Economic Development and Efforts of Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency in the Republic of China .

 

- Chapman, Grant, M.P. The Present Situation Concerning Juvenile Delinquency in Australia .

 

- Fujimoto, Tetsuya, Ph.D. The Present Stages of Juvenile Delinquency in Japan.

 

- Hem, Chen. Essential Measures for Prevention and Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency .

 

- Hong, Sung Wook. Closing Address.

 

- Fox, Vernon. New Trends in the Treatment of Juvenile Delinquency: Juvenile Delinquency in Asian-Pacific Countries .

 

- Chu, Hwei-sen. Congratulatory Message.

 

- Nakata, Osamu, Toshifumi Ishii, and Akria Yamagami. The Statistic and Psychiatric Studies on Juvenile Delinquency in Japan .

 

- Graphs and Tables (e.g. Total number of penal code crimes, female gambling, ect.)

 

- Juvenile Delinquency in Japan Today .

 

- Dr. Thomas Yang-Chih Kao. Reformatory Education for Juvenile Delinquents in Taiwan, Republic of China .

 

BOX 5

 

5.1: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITAION AGENCY (UNRRA) Publications

 

- UNRRA. Organization Aims Program (1944)

 

- Supreme Head Quarter Allied Expeditionary Force. Displaced Persons Registration Instructions. (June 1944)

 

- Supreme Head Quarter Allied Expeditionary Force. Guide to the Care of Displaced Persons in Germany. (1945)

 

- UNRRA. Fifty Facts about UNRRA. (1945)

 

- UNRRA of the Month. (July 1945, Sept.1945)

 

- UNRRA of the Month. (March 1946)

 

- The American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service. The Problem of Displaced Persons. (1946)

 

- Barton, Betty. The Problem of 12 Million German Refuges in Today’s Germany. (1949)

 

- United Nations. International Training Courses in Social Defense. Asia and Far East Institute. (1965)

 

- United Nations. Your United Nations: The Official Guide Book. (1965) - United Nations. Refugees: The United Nations and Refugees. 1945-1985. (1985)

 

5.2: UNRRA

 

- German Work Front Registration Book. (1935)

 

- American Expeditionary Force. Displaced Persons Index Card

 

- American Expeditionary Force. Assembly Center Registration Card

 

- American Expeditionary Force. Displaced Persons Registration Record

 

- Siegeszug Jurch Frankreich. German Pamphlet. (1940)

 

- Memo From Mr. A. LaMont Smith to Mr. Samuel Herman. UNRRA Field Supervisor. (28 August 1945)

 

- U.S. Educators Report School Impasse in Reich. October 15, 1946. Newspaper article. Newspaper not identified. Might be a Los Angeles Paper. On the reverse side it mentions the St. Vibiana’s Cathedral, which is located in Los Angeles.

 

- A. LaMont Smith. One page of hand written notes on a female Bulgarian refugee. n.d.

 

5.3: UNRRA

 

- YMCA, San Francisco. Report from Germany. (1946)

 

- A. LaMont Smith. After Twenty Years: Memories of Dark Days. (1956)

 

- Regensburger Stadanzeiger. Freundschaftliche Zusammenarbeit Blieb Unvergessen . Dr. A. LaMont Smith receives an award from the Germans. August 6, 1965.

 

5.4: NUREMBERG TRIALS

 

- Nuremberg Trials. War Crime Trials. (November 20 1945)

 

- International Military Tribune No. 1 n.d.

 

- Office of the United States Chief Counsel Interrogation Division. Biography Report: Werner Kirchert. (October 30 1945)

 

- A. LaMont Smith. One page of notes from the Nuremberg Trials. (January 28 1946)

 

- Two sheet of Stationary from the Office of Chief Counsel Nuremberg Trials

 

- Dreyer, Peter H. Weekly Information Bulletin: Nuremberg Trials. (1947)

 

- Singer, Joseph H. San Francisco Examiner. Care if Six Top Nazis in Prison Costly to United States. (1957)

 

- UNRRA Poster.

 

- German newspaper. Volkischer Beobachter . Munchen, Montag, (Monday) 19 Juni (June) 1944

 

BOX 6

 

6.1: PUBLISHED BOOKS & TEXTBOOKS

 

- Barnes, Harry Elmer. The Repression of Crime . (1926)

 

- Chamberlin, Rudolph W. There is No Truce: A Life of Thomas Mott Osborne . (1936)

 

- Bryson, Lyman. Ed. Facing the Future’s Risks: Studies Toward Predicting The Unforeseen . (1952)

 

- Chessman, Caryl. Cell 2455 Death Row . (1954)

 

- Horoszowski, Pawel. Ph.D. Kryminologia: Wybrane Zadadnienia. (1958)

 

- Wolfgang, Marvin E, Leonard Savitz and Norman Johnston. The Sociology of Crime and Delinquency . (1962)

 

- Wolfgang, Marvin E, Leonard Savitz and Norman Johnston. The Sociology of Punishment and Correction . (1962)

 

- Matza, David. Delinquency and Drift . (1964)

 

- Quebec Commission of Enquiry. Crime, Justice, and Society. (1968-1969)