NCJ Number
155487
Editor(s)
M G Graham,
W Reed
Date Published
1995
Length
175 pages
Annotation
Based on program evaluations, this report provides information on which programs are working and what approaches are apparently ineffective in combating drug abuse and crime.
Abstract
Most of the evaluations reported were developed and supported by the National Institute of Justice, although some of the evaluations of State and local programs were commissioned by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. As the report shows, anticrime efforts today increasingly reflect integrated services and partnerships that involve all components of the criminal justice system, other governmental agencies at all levels, and community groups. The report divides the program evaluations into eight categories: those that reduce the risk of violence for youth, those that reduce family violence, those that focus on gangs, programs that treat and prevent drug abuse, those that assess drug-control strategies, those that focus on policing neighborhoods, those that involve the prosecution and adjudication of cases, and those that assess correctional systems. The final chapter focuses on future evaluations. The general topics addressed are an assessment of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and an increase in States' evaluation capacity. Appended list of fiscal years 1992-1994 evaluation grants