Local and State Law Enforcement Today

Virgil W. Peterson, a member of the Illinois bar, has been with the Chicago Crime Commission since 1942. From 1930 to 1942, he was with the FBI. Mr. Peterson is the author of numerous articles on the various aspects of crime and of two books, Barbarians in Our Midst: A History of Chicago Crime and Politics (Boston: Little, Brown, 1952) and Gambling: Should It Be Legalized? (Oxford: Blackwell, 1951).