The Minnesota Citizen's Council on Crime and Justice records were given to the Social Welfare History Archives by council president, Richard Ericson, in 2001.
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Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and Justice records, Social Welfare History Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.
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The Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and Justice was established in 1957 as the Minnesota Prisoners Aid Society. Over the years, the Citizens Council has gone through various name changes, including Correctional Services of Minnesota, to more closely reflect the Council's mission and goals. The 1959 biennial report of the agency lists these areas of concern: "Serving the prisoner, his family and community ... the improvement of correctional policies and practices ... public education in corrections ... correctional research ... crime prevention." Although the scope of the agency's operation has been enlarged to include the victim as well as the offender and the entire criminal just system rather than just corrections, the purpose and objectives of the agency today reflect the same basic concerns as in 1957.
The Minnesota Citizens Council on Crime and Justice. records contain board minutes, publications, study reports and position papers, memos, photographs, administrative papers, and the council president's correspondence.
The records are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.