§ 164-42.1. Policy recommendations.
§ 164‑42.1. Policyrecommendations.
(a) Using the studies of the Special Committee on Prisons, theGovernor's Crime Commission, and other analyses, including testimony fromrepresentatives of the bodies that conducted the analyses, the Commissionshall:
(1) Determine the long‑range needs of the criminal justiceand corrections systems and recommend policy priorities for those systems;
(2) Determine the long‑range information needs of thecriminal justice and corrections systems and acquire that information as itbecomes available;
(3) Identify critical problems in the criminal justice andcorrections systems and recommend strategies to solve those problems;
(4) Assess the cost‑effectiveness of the use of State andlocal funds in the criminal justice and corrections systems;
(5) Recommend the goals, priorities, and standards for theallocation of criminal justice and corrections funds;
(6) Recommend means to improve the deterrent and rehabilitativecapabilities of the criminal justice and corrections systems;
(7) Propose plans, programs, and legislation for improving theeffectiveness of the criminal justice and corrections systems;
(8) Determine the sentencing structures for parole decisions;
(9) Examine the impact of mandatory sentence lengths as opposedto the deterrent effect of minimum mandatory terms of imprisonment;
(10) Examine good time and gain time practices;
(11) Study the value of presentence reports;
(12) Consider the rehabilitative potential of the offender and theappropriate rehabilitative placement;
(13) Examine the impact of imprisonment on families of offenders;
(14) Examine the impact of imprisonment on the ability of theoffender to make restitution;
(15) Study the need for an amendment to Article XI, Section 1 ofthe State Constitution to include restitution, restraints on liberty, workprograms, or other punishments to the list of punishments allowed under thatsection; and
(16) Study the costs and consequences of criminal behavior inNorth Carolina and consider the value of preventing crimes by usingincarceration to deter both prospective criminals and convicted criminals fromfuture crimes.
(b) Using the studies and analyses available, includingtestimony from representatives of the bodies that conducted the analyses, theCommission shall:
(1) Determine the long‑range needs of the juvenile justicesystem and recommend policy priorities for that system;
(2) Determine the long‑range information needs of thejuvenile justice system and acquire that information as it becomes available;
(3) Identify critical problems in the juvenile justice systemand recommend strategies to solve those problems;
(4) Assess the cost‑effectiveness of the use of State andlocal funds in the juvenile justice system; and
(5) Recommend the goals, priorities, and standards for theallocation of juvenile justice funds. (1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1076, s. 1; 1993, c. 253, s. 5.1; c. 321,s. 200.1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 591, s. 6(a); 1995, c. 236, s. 1; 1997‑256,s. 6; 1997‑347, s. 2; 1997‑401, s. 2; 1997‑418, s. 2; 1997‑443,s. 18.6(a); 1998‑202, s. 10(c).)