NCJ Number
38819
Date Published
1977
Length
14 pages
Annotation
THIS PUBLICATION DESCRIBES THE INFORMATION AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE'S (NILECJ) OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (OTT).
Abstract
THE OTT MEETS ITS OBLIGATIONS OF IDENTIFYING, DOCUMENTING, AND PUBLICIZING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRESS THROUGH THREE INTERDEPENDENT DIVISIONS - MODEL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING AND TESTING, AND RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATION. THE MODEL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ACCOMPLISHES ITS TASK OF IDENTIFYING PROMISING PROGRAMS, WHOSE BASIC PRACTICES COULD BE EFFECTIVELY ADAPTED ELSEWHERE, THROUGH EXEMPLARY PROJECTS, MONOGRAPHS, AND PRESCRIPTIVE PACKAGES IN WHICH UNIQUE CRIMINAL JUSTICE CONCEPTS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED FOR INTERESTED ADMINISTRATORS. THE TRAINING AND TESTING DIVISION AIDS OFFICIALS IN ADAPTING MODEL PROGRAMS TO UNIQUE LOCAL NEEDS BY PACKAGING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THEM FOR PERSONALIZED PRESENTATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY. THE VEHICLES THROUGH WHICH THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED INCLUDE TRAINING WORKSHOPS, PROGRAM FIELD TESTS, AND THE HOST PROGRAM OF ON-LOCATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM PROGRAM INNOVATORS. REFERENCE AND DISSEMINATION RESPONSIBILITIES ARE MET THROUGH THE NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFERENCE SERVICE (NCJRS) WHICH OFFERS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL AND REGISTERED USERS, INFORMATION FROM A COMPUTERIZED DATA BASE OF MORE THAN 20,000 CRIMINAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS PROVIDING REFERENCE AND REFERRAL SERVICES, LOANING DIFFICULT-TO-OBTAIN MATERIALS, AND ISSUING ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON TIMELY AND SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS. IN ADDITION, THE REFERENCE AND DISSEMINATION DIVISION MAINTAINS THE LEAA LIBRARY AND PUBLISHES DOCUMENTS GENERATED BY THE INSTITUTE'S WORK. A SAMPLING OF PROJECTS IDENTIFIED AND PUBLICIZED BY OTT, IS ALSO PRESENTED AS A MEANS OF ACQUAINTING MEMBERS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMUNITY WITH THE OTT EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE SYSTEM THROUGH SHARED KNOWLEDGE. (SNI ABSTRACT)