POLICY DEVELOPMENT SEMINARS, 1974, V 1 - ON GUNS AND WEAPONS OF VIOLENCE - ON ORGANIZED CRIME - ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS

• NCJ Number: 18164
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 520 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUEMNT CONSISTS OF PROCEEDINGS OF THREE SEMINARS, SPONSORED BY LEAA, WHICH WERE DESIGNED TO PROMOTE INTERFACE BETWEEN AUTHORITIES IN VARIOUS CRIMINAL JUSTICE FIELDS IN ESTABLISHING MORE EFFECTIVE POLICY POSITIONS.

Abstract

THE FIRST SEMINAR, ON GUNS AND WEAPONS OF VIOLENCE, CONTAINS DISUCSSIONS ABOUT FIREARMS TRACING AND EXPLOSIVES TAGGING AS WELL AS AN ANALYSIS OF THE MEAUREMENT OF ACTUAL CRIME VERSUS REPORTED CRIME. EACH SEMINAR TRANSCRIPT INCLUDES WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS. THE SEMINAR ON ORGANIZED CRIME WAS CONCERNED WITH SPECIFIC AREAS OF ORGANIZED CRIME AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES TO COMBAT IT, INTERAGENCY COOPERATION IN FIGHTING ORGANIZED CRIME, AND THE PAST AND FUTURE OF FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO COMBAT ORGANIZED CRIME. THE THIRD SEMINAR WAS DEVOTED TO THE POLICY DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE STATISTICS. SPEAKERS PRESENTED AN OVERVIEW OF THE SUBJECT, A DISCUSSION OF OFFENDER BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS, AND AN EXPLANATION OF LEAA'S GENERAL CRIMINAL STATISTICS PROGRAM. FOR VOLUME TWO, WHICH CONTAINS SEMINAR TRANSCRIPTS ON THE ROLE OF THE POLICE EXECUTIVE AND ON CORRECTIONS, SEE NCJ-18165.