NATIONWIDE SURVEY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL NEEDS AND RESOURCES, V 7 - THE SURVEY RESEARCH PROGRAM - PROCEDURES AND RESULTS - FINAL REPORT (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED PARTS)

• NCJ Number: 43359
• Author(s): A S GLICKMAN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 393 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-035-74
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American Institutes for Research; Bureau of Social Science Research, Inc; National Planning Assoc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SURVEY METHODS, COPIES OF QUESTIONNAIRES, AND RESPONSE RATES BY TYPE AND SIZE OF AGENCY ARE GIVEN IN THIS SECTION OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON PRESENT AND FUTURE MANPOWER TRAINING NEEDS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES.

Abstract

THE OVERALL GOALS OF THE NATIONAL MANPOWER SURVEY WERE: TO ASSESS ADEQUACY OF EXISTING FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL TRANING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR CURRENT PERSONNEL NEEDS IN VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES; TO PROJECT FUTURE NEEDS BY OCCUPATION; AND TO ESTABLISH A 'NEEDS PRIORITY' AS A BASIS FOR FUTURE LEAA-FUNDED TRINING AND ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO BASIC LITERATURE SEARCHES, THE SURVEY UTILIZED THE CENSUS BUREAU'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS SURVEY AND 10 SPECIAL 'EXECUTIVE SURVEYS' DIRECTED TOWARD CHIEFS OF POLICE, SHERIFFS, CHIEF PROSECUTORS, CHIEF DEFENDERS, COURT ADMINISTRATORS, WARDENS OF ADULT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, DIRECTORS OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, AND CHIEF PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS. ALL TOLD, QUESTIONNAIRES WERE RETURNED FROM 58 PERCENT OF AGENCIES SURVEYED; RESPONSE RATES WERE 78.8 PERCENT FOR LARGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 59.7 PERCENT FOR SMALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 69.9 PERCENT FOR LARGE SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS, 55.1 PERCENT FOR SMALL SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS, 46.0 PERCENT FOR PROSECUTORS, 47.5 FOR PUBLIC DEFENDERS, 76.9 PERCENT FOR ADULT CORRECTIONS FACILITIES, 73.2 PERCENT FOR JUVENILE CORRECTIONS FACILITIES, 67.4 PERCENT FOR PROBATION/PAROLE AGENCIES, 73.4 PERCENT FOR COURT ADMINISTRATORS, AND 46.5 PERCENT FOR COURT AGENCIES. FEWEST RETURNS WERE FROM SMALL LOCAL COURTS. MOST AGENCIES REPORTED INSUFFICIENT MONEY FOR PERSONNEL AND FELT NEEDS WOULD INCREASE. (FINDINGS ARE DETAILED IN OTHER VOLUMES OF THE REPORT, ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS. THE SECOND PART OF THIS VOLUME CONTAINS COPIES OF ALL QUESTIONNAIRES USED WITH RESPONSES, TABULATIONS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL BY AGENCY TYPE OF JOB DESCRIPTION, AND CODING AND RESEARCH PROCEDURES. THIS SURVEY FOUND A TOTAL OF 832,919 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN STATE AND LOCAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AS OF OCTOBER 1974; 203,296 IN STATE AND 629,623 IN LOCAL AGENCIES. OF THESE, 600,164 WERE IN POLICE PROTECTION, 39,722 IN LEGAL SERVICES AND PROSECUTION, 5573 IN INDIGENT DEFENSE, 187,205 IN CORRECTIONS, AND 225 IN OTHER SERVICES.