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11 J. Am. Inst. Crim. L. & Criminology 21 (May 1920 to February 1921)
Fighting Crime in Chicago the Crime Commission

handle is hein.journals/jclc11 and id is 29 raw text is: FIGHTING CRIME IN CHICAGO: TEE CRIME COMMISSION EDWIN W. SIMS' The general sentiment of the community with reference to crime in Chicago brought about the appointment of the Chicago Crime Commission and later appeared in the several attempted protests by grand juries. It is apparent from various occurrences that there is an insistent demand on the part of the public for action that will reduce the volume of crime in Chicago. Immediately following the Winslow Brothers payroll robbery in 1917, when armed robbers held up the business office of a large con- cern in the middle of a busy day and robbed and murdered, the atten- tion of the Chicago Association of Commerce was directed to the necessity for taking steps to curb crimes of violence, with the result that that association appointed a special committee to ascertain what, if anything, the business interests of Chicago could do to remedy con- ditions. One of the members of that committee was the late Joseph W. Moses, at that time president of the Chicago Bar Association. Following an exhaustive study extending over a period of nearly a year, that special committee submitted a report recommending the organization under the guidance and direction of the Chicago As- sociation of Commerce of a commission for the suppression and pre- vention of crime. The present Crime Commission, consisting of up- wards of one hundred members selected by the Association of Com- merce, and serving without compensation, is the result of that report. The Commission, thus organized, does not contemplate itself the apprehension of law breakers nor the prosecution of criminals; nor does it propose' to duplicate the work of any department of the state or city government. It is an organization of lawyers and business men who are applying business methods to combat organized crime. It proposes, by observation and investigation, to find out why crime flourishes and criminals escape. While the Commission realizes that it is not possible,'entirely to eliminate crime in a city of this, size, it nevertheless belieyes that it is possible to minimize it. ' T 'he redport adopted by fhe Association of Commerce estimated the cost of'the tifidertaking at approximately $10,000 per month, and 'President of the Chicago Crimp Commission. Member. of the Chicago Bar and Associate Editor of this Journal.

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