CURRENT NOTES.

The article presents news briefs related to crime and criminology. The second annual session of the Midwest Conference on Police Problems and Methods met during the first four days of February, 1933, on the campus of Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, under the auspices of the University and the Evanston Police Department. The program consisted of addresses, papers, and practical instruction by a large number of specialists in the various phases of police administration. The material presented at the Conference was divided among the following four main topics: the police as a profession; the relations of the police to the community; the relations of the police to other agencies of law enforcement; and the technique of police administration. The U.S. Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover, Director, issued a report of statistics compiled from fingerprint cards received from February 1 to December 31, 1932. The Identification Division of the United States Bureau of Investigation receives on an average of 2,000 fingerprint records daily of individuals who have been arrested or committed to penal institutions.