[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 945 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 945

   Raising awareness and promoting education on the criminal justice 
   system by establishing March 2008 as ``National Criminal Justice 
                                Month''.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2008

 Mr. Poe (for himself, Mr. Costa, Mr. Holden, and Mr. Moore of Kansas) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                            on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Raising awareness and promoting education on the criminal justice 
   system by establishing March 2008 as ``National Criminal Justice 
                                Month''.

Whereas there are approximately three million Americans employed within the 
        justice system;
Whereas approximately seven million adults are on probation, parole, or are 
        incarcerated;
Whereas millions of Americans have been victims of crime and, consequently, lost 
        income, incurred medical expenses, and suffered emotionally;
Whereas the cost of crime to individuals, communities, businesses, and the 
        various levels of government exceeds the billions of dollars spent each 
        year in administering the criminal justice system;
Whereas, in 2006, fifty percent of Americans admitted they fear that their home 
        would be burglarized when they are not home; thirty-four percent of 
        American women feared that they would be sexually assaulted; and forty-
        four percent of Americans feared they would be a victim of a terrorist 
        attack;
Whereas approximately thirty-five percent of Americans have very little or no 
        confidence in the criminal justice system and the negative effects of 
        crime in regard to confidence in governmental agencies and overall 
        social stability are immeasurable;
Whereas crime rates have dropped since the early 1990s, but most Americans 
        believe that the rate of crime is increasing;
Whereas Federal, State, and local governments increased their spending for 
        police protection, corrections, judicial, and legal activities in fiscal 
        year 2005 by 5.5 percent or $204 billion; and
Whereas there is a need to educate Americans and to promote awareness within 
        American society as to the causes and consequences of crime, as well as 
        the strategies and developments for preventing and responding to crime: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
                    (A) National Criminal Justice Month provides an 
                opportunity to educate Americans on the criminal 
                justice system; and
                    (B) Americans should be aware of the causes and 
                consequences of crime, how to prevent crime, and how to 
                respond to crime; and
            (2) the House of Representatives urges policymakers, 
        criminal justice officials, educators, victim service 
        providers, nonprofits, community leaders, and others to promote 
        awareness of how to prevent and respond to crime through 
        National Criminal Justice Month.
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