Leadership Skills Development Institute - Module 4 - Session 1 Overview of OJARS (Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics)/LEAA

• NCJ Number: 83299
• Author(s): C Cooper; V Rouse
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 0 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-CA-AX-011
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Ctr for Community Change
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Film
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Videotape, 60 minutes, color, 1 inch - The Institute was held in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., May 4-10, 1980. For complete set of tapes for this event, see NCJ 83281-83304.

Annotation

A community crime prevention program activist and researcher notes the results of evaluations of such programs in relation to issues that program advocates can use to garner community and political support.

Abstract

He notes that successful crime prevention programs are linked with factors that affect a neighborhood's stability, such as the presence of unsupervised youth, inadequate police-community relations, poor information dissemination, and the role played by advisory groups. When organizations gear their programs toward resolving some of these problems, the community will perceive the program as helpful and as a stabilizing influence. Programs must document all their activities and results so that when funding is needed, community residents will pressure politicians for the program's continuation. Finally, evaluation of these programs should be in terms of political and social effectiveness rather than in terms of cost effectiveness. Questions, answers, and audience comments conclude the session. The remarks of another speaker, the Assistant Administrator of LEAA's Office of Community Programs, are not recorded.