OMAHA-DOUGLAS COUNTY METROPOLITAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER - BASE LINE DATA COLLECTION, V 7 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION - OMAHA-DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA

• NCJ Number: 11366
• Author(s): B D DURHAM
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 66 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-99-0004
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Nebraska at Omaha
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OVERVIEW OF MISDEMEANOR AND FELONY PROCESSES, EMPHASIZING JUNCTURES WHICH CONSTITUTE 'DROP OUT' POINTS AT WHICH THE ACCUSED LEAVES THE SYSTEM.

Abstract

THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS REPORT IS A SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE COMPONENTS WHICH MAKE UP THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF OMAHA-DOUGLAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. AN ACCOMPANYING NARRATIVE DESCRIBES THE PROCESSES AND ALTERNATE FLOW POSSIBILITIES. CONCENTRATION IS PLACED ON THE POINT OF ARREST AND CONCOMITANT PROCESSES, STATUTES, AND ALTERNATIVES. THE JUVENILE SYSTEM IS ILLUSTRATED AND NARRATED IN A SIMILAR FORMAT. THE REPORT INCLUDES A GLOSSARY OF TERMS SOMETIMES THOUGHT OF AS AMBIGUOUS BECAUSE OF THE MULTIPLICITY OF USAGE AND INTERPRETATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)