Wickersham Commission

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The Wickersham Commission was a presidentially appointed body in the early 1930s that investigated U.S. law enforcement and criminal justice, including the effects of Prohibition, and issued influential reports highlighting widespread corruption and abuses.

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instanceOf United States government commission ⓘ
presidential commission ⓘ
appointedBy Herbert Hoover ⓘ
appointedByOffice President of the United States ⓘ
chairperson George W. Wickersham ⓘ
linked to: George Wickersham
conclusion criticized brutality and coercive interrogation practices ⓘ
documented systematic use of the third degree by police ⓘ
found Prohibition enforcement ineffective ⓘ
found Prohibition laws widely violated ⓘ
found widespread corruption in law enforcement ⓘ
linked Prohibition to growth of organized crime ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 1931 ⓘ
fieldOfWork Prohibition ⓘ
criminal justice ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
penal reform ⓘ
police practices ⓘ
hasPart Report on Criminal Procedure ⓘ
Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement ⓘ
Report on Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole ⓘ
Report on Police ⓘ
Report on Prohibition Enforcement ⓘ
Report on Prosecution ⓘ
Report on the Causes of Crime ⓘ
Report on the Cost of Crime ⓘ
Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
influencedBy Prohibition in the United States ⓘ
legacy influenced later police reform efforts in the United States ⓘ
shaped public debate on Prohibition repeal ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainSubject Prohibition enforcement ⓘ
criminal courts ⓘ
law enforcement abuses ⓘ
law observance ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
parole ⓘ
police brutality ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
probation ⓘ
torture in police interrogations ⓘ
notableWork Lawlessness in Law Enforcement ⓘ
numberOfMembers 11 ⓘ
officialName National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement ⓘ
publicationDate 1931 ⓘ
recommended improved training for law enforcement officers ⓘ
professionalization of police forces ⓘ
reform of criminal procedure ⓘ
reform of prison conditions ⓘ
shortName Wickersham Commission ⓘ
significantEvent investigation of lawlessness in law enforcement ⓘ
nationwide hearings on criminal justice ⓘ

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Wickersham Commission → shortName → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement → notableWork → Wickersham Commission Report ⓘ
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Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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Report on Criminal Procedure → author → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on Criminal Procedure → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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Report on Criminal Procedure → alsoKnownAs → Wickersham Commission Report on Criminal Procedure ⓘ
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Report on Penal Institutions, Probation and Parole → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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Report on the Causes of Crime → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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Report on the Causes of Crime → producedBy → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on the Causes of Crime → associatedWith → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on the Cost of Crime → publisher → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on the Cost of Crime → author → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on the Cost of Crime → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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Report on the Cost of Crime → historicalContext → Wickersham Commission investigation of law observance and enforcement ⓘ
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Report on Prosecution → partOf → Wickersham Commission Report ⓘ
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Report on Prosecution → alsoKnownAs → Wickersham Commission Report on Prosecution ⓘ
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Report on Prosecution → hasContext → Wickersham Commission investigation of law observance and enforcement ⓘ
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Report on Police → partOf → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on Police → author → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Report on Police → context → Wickersham Commission investigation into law observance and enforcement ⓘ
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Lawlessness in Law Enforcement → author → Wickersham Commission ⓘ
Lawlessness in Law Enforcement → partOf → Wickersham Commission reports ⓘ
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