NCJ Number
54188
Date Published
1974
Length
37 pages
Annotation
RESULTS FROM TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS PROVIDE A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF KEY PROCESS ELEMENTS INDICATING THE STATUS OF THE STANDARDS AND GOALS PROGRAM NATIONWIDE IN MAY 1974.
Abstract
STANDARDS AND GOALS PROGRAM ACTIVITY HAS ACCELERATED RAPIDLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IN RESPONSE TO ENCOURAGEMENT, INITIATIVES, AND PROMOTION BY THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL PRIORITY PROGRAMS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION. IN AN EFFORT TO ASSESS THE STATUS OF THIS RAPID CHANGE, QUESTIONS WERE FORMULATED AND ANSWERS WERE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVES IN REGIONAL OFFICES, STATES, AND TERRITORIES. APPENDIX A PRESENTS THE INFORMATION GROUPED ACCORDING TO GENERAL PROGRESS FROM PLANNING TO INTEGRATION INTO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN EACH STATE AND ALSO ACCORDING TO SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES. SYMBOLS INDICATE WHETHER ACTIVITY IS PLANNED, ACTUALLY IN PROGRESS, OR COMPLETED. REGIONAL PROGRESS CAN BE DETERMINED BY VISUAL OR MECHANICAL SUMMING UP OF STATES' AND TERRITORIES' PROGRESS. APPENDIX B IS COMPOSED OF ABSTRACTS SUMMARIZING THE STANDARDS AND GOALS STATUS IN EACH OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES. THESE BRIEF NARRATIVE STATEMENTS PROVIDE SUBJECTIVE IMPRESSIONS OF INTERVIEWERS AS WELL AS SOME OBJECTIVE INFORMATION NOT EASILY DEPICTED IN THE TABULATION. APPENDIX C CONTAINS THE INTERVIEW FORMAT WHICH WAS USED BY THE ASSESSMENT TEAM DURING TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS AS A POINT OF DEPARTURE FOR DISCUSSIONS. APPENDIX D CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION GATHERED IN RESPONSE TO THE INQUIRY, KEYED TO THE QUESTION OR CATEGORY NUMBER OF THE INTERVIEW FORMAT. NUMBERS AND RATIOS OF RESPONSES ARE INDICATED THROUGHOUT THE TEXT. TABULAR DISPLAY IS USED WHENEVER IT WAS PRACTICAL TO DO SO. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED---RCB)