NATIONAL-LEVEL EVALUATION - AN EXAMINATION OF PROJECT INNOVATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION WITHIN THE IMPACT PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 34516
• Author(s): E J ALBRIGHT
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 244 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-028-75
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT DESCRIBES PROJECTS, WITH ATTENTION TO INNOVATIVE ASPECTS OF PLANNING AND EVALUATION, WHICH WERE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE IMPACT PROGRAM.

Abstract

THE DISTRIBUTION OF INNOVATIONS ACROSS THE EIGHT IMPACT CITIES AND ACROSS FUNCTIONAL AREAS - POLICE, COURTS, CORRECTIONS, ETC. - IS GIVEN. ALSO INCLUDED IS THE CONTRIBUTION OF THESE PROJECTS TOWARD THREE AREAS WHERE CHANGE HAS BEEN WIDELY CALLED FOR IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS: COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, SYSTEM COORDINATION, AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION. THE PROJECTED CONTINUATION, BEYOND THE IMPACT PROGRAM, OF THESE AND OTHER PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, IS GIVEN ALONG WITH PROJECTED SOURCES OF FUNDING. PROJECT ADDRESSES ARE PROVIDED IN AN APPENDIX. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)