National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement

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U.S. presidential commission government commission investigative body

The National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, commonly known as the Wickersham Commission, was a U.S. presidential commission established in 1929 to investigate the enforcement of Prohibition and broader issues in the American criminal justice system.

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Label	Occurrences
National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement canonical	1
Wickersham Commission report on law enforcement	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. presidential commission ⓘ government commission ⓘ investigative body ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Wickersham Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	U.S. states ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
appointedBy	Herbert Hoover NERFINISHED ⓘ
appointedByOffice	President of the United States ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedReason	completion of investigative mandate ⓘ
endTime	early 1930s ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Prohibition policy ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ penology ⓘ
hasChairperson	George W. Wickersham NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	subcommittees on Prohibition enforcement ⓘ subcommittees on criminal procedure ⓘ subcommittees on police practices ⓘ subcommittees on prisons and parole ⓘ
inceptionContext	Prohibition era in the United States ⓘ
inceptionReason	need to evaluate effectiveness of national Prohibition ⓘ need to study broader criminal justice administration in the United States ⓘ public concern over crime and lawlessness during Prohibition ⓘ
legalBasis	executive order of the President of the United States ⓘ
locationOfWork	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	American criminal justice system ⓘ criminal procedure in the United States ⓘ enforcement of Prohibition ⓘ law observance in the United States ⓘ organized crime related to Prohibition ⓘ police practices in the United States ⓘ prison conditions in the United States ⓘ
namedAfter	George W. Wickersham NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement NERFINISHED ⓘ Report on the Enforcement of the Prohibition Laws of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Wickersham Commission Report NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	investigation of nationwide Prohibition enforcement ⓘ publication of multi-volume report on law observance and enforcement ⓘ
significantFinding	ineffectiveness of Prohibition laws ⓘ need for criminal justice reform in the United States ⓘ police misconduct and abuses in the United States ⓘ widespread corruption in Prohibition enforcement ⓘ
startTime	1929 ⓘ

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Wickersham Commission → officialName → National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement ⓘ

George Wickersham → notableWork → National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wickersham Commission report on law enforcement