NCJ Number
147867
Date Published
1977
Length
61 pages
Annotation
This report describes some of the Institute's efforts to fulfill its mandate to encourage research and development to improve and strengthen law enforcement and criminal justice.
Abstract
The Institute carries out its work through four major offices: (1) Research Programs, both basic and applied; (2) Research and Evaluation Methods; (3) Program Evaluation; and (4) Development, Testing and Dissemination, which develops program models, conducts field tests and training workshops, and provides information on criminal justice topics to an international audience. Topics discussed in this report include: (1) Research Agreements: Toward an Understanding of Crime; (2) Community Crime Prevention: Focus on the Citizen; (3) Police: New Perspectives; (4) Adjudication: Streamlining the Courts; (5) Corrections: A System in Transition; (6) Evaluation: What Works...and at What Cost? (7) Research Utilization: Bridging the Knowledge Gap; and (8) Special Projects: Looking to the Future. Appendixes