CRIME CONTROL IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY (CA), 1973-1978

• NCJ Number: 57181
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 48 pages
• Grant Number(s): P-8013-0-78
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; California Office of Criminal Justice Planning
• Corporate Author: Los Angeles Regional Criminal Justice Planning Board
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SUMMARY OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS UNDER THE LEAA PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING BOARD

Annotation

A MULTIJURISDICTIONAL APPROACH TO CRIME CONTROL IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIF., IS DESCRIBED THAT ENCOMPASSED PLANNING, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, SPECIFIC CRIMES PREVENTION, AND DIVERSION.

Abstract

IN 1971, THE CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE (CCCJ) RESTRUCTURED THE REGIONAL SYSTEM OF CRIME CONTROL IN THE STATE AND REALIGNED IT WITH REALISTIC GEOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL BOUNDARIES. ELEVEN REGIONS WERE REPLACED WITH 21 REGIONS, AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY BECAME AN INDEPENDENT REGION UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE LOS ANGELES REGIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING BOARD. THE BOARD RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS TO BE SUPPORTED BY MULTIYEAR COMMITMENTS. WITH LEAA FUNDING, A MULTIJURISDICTIONAL APPROACH TO CRIME CONTROL WAS ADOPTED THAT WAS INTENDED TO IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND REDUCE CRIME AND RECIDIVISM. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES RELATING TO PLANNING, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, AND SPECIFIC CRIMES (BURGLARY, VEHICLE THEFT, AND ROBBERY) WERE TO ESTABLISH PLANNING CAPABILITIES IN JURISDICTIONS PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS, TO EXPAND CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA CAPABILITIES BY PROVIDING DATA ACCESS TERMINALS IN ALL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES OF THE REGION, TO FORM COOPERATIVE INVESTIGATIVE EFFORTS IN REDUCING TARGET CRIMES, AND TO ALLEVIATE THE INCREASING WORKLOAD OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM BY REDIRECTING LESS SERIOUS OFFENDERS TO RESOURCES OUTSIDE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE CAPABILITY TO ACHIEVE A COORDINATED AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO CRIME CONTROL PROBLEMS WAS ENHANCED BY INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF PLANNING IN MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES. COMMUNICATION LINKAGES WERE DEVISED THAT IMPROVED THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH THE ABILITY OF INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS TO HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION WAS REMAINED STATIC. THE MULTIJURISDICTIONAL TEAM EFFORT RESULTED IN MORE EFFECTIVE COORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION AMONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, A SITUATION THAT HELPED TO REDUCE CRIME DISPLACEMENT. THE DIVERSION NETWORK SERVED TO PROMOTE COOPERATION AMONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES AND WAS WELL-RECEIVED BY YOUTH. SPECIFIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS BETWEEN 1973 AND 1978 ARE LISTED. (DEP)