COMMUNITY ANTICRIME ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1973 - HEARINGS BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIME, PART 1, SEPTEMBER 13, 20, AND OCTOBER 10, 1973

• NCJ Number: 39622
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 262 pages
• Corporate Author: US Congress
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ACT WOULD PROVIDE FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES TO IMPROVE POLICE COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND ENCOURAGE CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME PREVENTION, VOLUNTEER SERVICE, AND OTHER PROGRAMS.

Abstract

TESTIMONY AND OTHER MATERIALS CONCERNING THE EXISTING DEGREE OF CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE EFFECT OF THIS INVOLVEMENT ON THE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION OF CRIME AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ARE PROVIDED. WITNESSES INCLUDED JOHN LINDSAY, MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY, DEPUTY U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM RUCKELSHAUS, MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, AND OFFICIALS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, INFORMATION ON THE NEW YORK CITY BLOCK SECURITY PROGRAM AND ON NEW DETROIT, INCORPORATED, A COALITION OF CITIZENS DEDICATED TO HELPING REBUILD DETROIT BY MOBILIZING AVAILABLE RESOURCES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR....ELW