TASK FORCE ON LEAA (LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION) COURTS FUNDING - ADVISORY COMMITTEE BRIEFING DOCUMENT - PHASE 1 REPORT - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 39852
• Author(s): P HAYNES; H O LAWSON; LEHNER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 22 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-013-76
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT GIVES A BREAKDOWN ON LEAA COURT FUNDING FOR THE VARIOUS STATES.

Abstract

THE TASK FORCE ADDRESSED ITSELF TO SUPPLYING AN ACCOUNTING OF LEAA COURTS FUNDING SINCE 1972; DEVELOPING CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF COURTS FUNDING; AND SUGGESTING IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE GRANTS AND MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (GMIS). THE TASK FORCE ALSO EXAMINED AWARDS CLASSIFIED BY JUDICIARY ALONE, PROSECUTION ALONE, DEFENSE ALONE, JUDICIARY WITH PROSECUTION AND/OR DEFENSE, JUDICIARY COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER COMPONENT, AND PROBATION ALONE. IT FOUND VARIOUS LISTINGS. A NUMBER OF GRANTS HAD DOUBLE ENTRIES DUE TO CLERICAL ERROR. SOME PROJECTS WERE SPREAD ACROSS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT GRANTEES AND FUNCTIONAL AREAS, AND IN OTHERS THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WENT TO COURTS DEPENDED UPON THE DEFINITION CHOSEN FOR A COURT PROJECT. APPENDIXES INCLUDE EXACT FUNDING BREAKDOWN BY SUBJECT....BS