Because one in every three arrests in the United States in 1965 were for public drunkenness, the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice sought to examine existing methods of treating drunk offenders and to explore promising alternatives. Following an evaluation of drunk offenders and their impact on the criminal justice system, specific recommendations are offered to deal with the problem. Drunkenness in itself should not be a criminal offense, communities should establish detoxification units as part of comprehensive treatment programs, and communities should coordinate and extend aftercare resources to include supportive residential housing. Further, research by private and governmental agencies into alcoholism, the problems of alcoholics, and treatment methods should be expanded. Papers incorporated in the Commission's report as appendixes focus on public intoxication and the alcoholic offender, mind-altering drugs and dangerous behavior, St. Louis' proposal for funds to establish a detoxification center, arrests for public intoxication, court decisions on alcoholism, and major issues in developing community services for persons with drinking problems.

An overview of the urban crime problem containing the results of a number of research studies and consultant papers. This volume makes use of the results of three major public surveys to examine the problem of unreported crime, public attitudes toward crime and law enforcement, the characteristics of victims and victim-offender relationships, and a variety of other crime problems. Chapters are devoted to the special problems of the economic burden of crime, white collar crime, and an appraisal of the current national system of statistical accounting on crime and criminal justice matters. There are three appendices prepared by consultants, two methodological notes and a series of tables of crime rates for index offenses by city rank.