NCJ Number
39752
Date Published
1973
Length
321 pages
Annotation
PROJECT SUMMARIES OF APPROXIMATELY 200 PROJECTS SELECTED BY STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PLANNING AGENCIES FOR INCLUSION ON THE BASIS OF ONE OR MORE INDICES OF EFFECTIVENESS.
Abstract
PROJECTS WERE INCLUDED IF THEY INVOLVED: EFFORTS BASED UPON THE CONCEPT OF CRIME ORIENTED PLANNING; PREVENTION AND/OR REDUCTION OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY; OFFENDERS DIVERTED FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; REDUCTION OF RECIDIVISM; REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS; SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT; FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT; A DEGREE OF COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION WITH OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM; AND INITIAL AND CONTINUED COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THE PROGRAM. NINE BROAD FUNCTIONAL PROGRAM CATEGORIES ARE REPRESENTED - PLANNING AND EVALUATION; RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PREVENTION; DETECTION, DETERRENCE, AND APPREHENSION; DIVERSION; ADJUDICATION; INSTITUTIONAL REHABILITATION; NON-INSTITUTIONAL REHABILITATION; AND REDUCTION OF ORGANIZED CRIME. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...ELW