NCJ Number
165155
Date Published
1992
Length
59 pages
Annotation
This study details the costs related to combatting drug trafficking in Louisiana.
Abstract
Data were obtained on the following services: justice (police, legal and prosecution, public defense, and corrections); property damage; prevention and treatment; AIDS and HIV virus; public assistance; and education costs. Based on Louisiana Commission Law Enforcement meetings with officials and the results from their statewide survey of sheriffs, chiefs of police State police prosecutors, and other law enforcement officials, certain areas were identified as the areas of greatest need in the State in an effort to enhance anticrime and drug control efforts. In the area of apprehension, needs are association with multijurisdictional task forces, property crime, the enhancement of State police narcotics efforts, and K-9 narcotics units. Other areas of need are associated with the prosecution of major drug offenders, improvement in crime labs, improvement in Uniform Crime Reporting, and funding for the defense of indigent defendants. The report considers the scope of drug activity in Louisiana, violent drug-related crime, and current drug control efforts. Sections of the report focus on drug-enforcement and drug-prevention efforts conducted by the Department of Public Safety, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Health and Hospitals, the Department of Education, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The total cost for drug prevention and enforcement activities is estimated to be approximately $3.1 billion for fiscal year 1991. 13 tables and charts