REGIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING - HOW ARE FUNDING PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED

• NCJ Number: 10919
• Author(s): M K HOWARD
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 114 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-NI-09-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: American Justice Institute
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: SANTA CLARA CRIMINAL JUSTICE PILOT PROGRAM

Annotation

METHODS USED BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE REGIONAL PLANNING UNITS (RPU'S) IN RANKING PROJECT PROPOSALS, AND USE OF THESE METHODS IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.

Abstract

FOUR METHODS WERE EMPLOYED IN ANALYZING THE RPU'S 1973 GRANT YEAR RANKING PROCESSES - (1) GRAPHIC AND TABULAR DISPLAYS, (2) ANALYSIS OF MEMBER DISAGREEMENT, (3) CLUSTER ANALYSIS, AND (4) CAPTURING JUDGEMENT POLICIES. A SUMMARY OF THE QUESTIONS ANSWERABLE THROUGH EACH METHOD AND A SUMMARY OF THE KINDS OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR THE USE OF EACH METHOD ARE PRESENTED. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT ALTHOUGH EACH METHOD CAN STAND ALONE, AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS SHOULD PROCEED FROM GRAPHIC AND TABULAR DISPLAYS TO ANALYSIS OF MEMBER DISAGREEMENT TO CLUSTER ANALYSIS AND FINALLY TO CAPTURING JUDGEMENT POLICIES. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT THE METHOD OF CAPTURING JUDGEMENT POLICIES OFFERS THE MOST POWERFUL AND DEFINITIVE APPROACH TO DETERMINING PROJECT RANKINGS.