Criminal Justice Issues in the States: 1994 Directory, Volume XI

• NCJ Number: 171649
• Author(s): K F Maline; R Florence
• Date Published: 1994
• Length: 89 pages
• Grant Number(s): 93-BJ-CX-K011
• Sponsoring Agency: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Corporate Author: Justice Research and Statistics Association
• Sale Source: Justice Research and Statistics Association; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Directory
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Intended to support criminal justice policymakers, practitioners, and researchers, this directory indicates, by jurisdiction, many of the justice-related issues and problems examined throughout the country during 1993 by the State Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs); it also summarizes substantive and methodological research undertaken by the SACs in response to these issues and problems.

Abstract

Section I contains a brief summary of the SAC research and analysis activities listed in the directory; it focuses on the major criminal justice policy issues confronting the States in 1993. Section II provides a detailed listing of SAC activities, including the project title, a brief description, data sources used, date of completion, and a contact person for each SAC activity; the list is organized alphabetically by State to aid the reader in locating a particular State or agency. Section III is an index of all SAC activities by issue area. The 39 issues areas found in the index are listed. Section IV includes a listing of recent reports published by the SACs and provides the reader with a list of criminal justice reports available from the SAC's. The address and telephone number of each SAC are provided in Section V. In 1993 several areas were the focus of increased SAC activity. Sentencing always has been a concern for most States, but during the past year many States have inaugurated structured sentencing systems or implemented tough repeat offender statues. In response to this, many of the SACs have been called on to produce analyses of the impact the repeat offender statutes will have on correctional populations. Also linked to the concern about correctional populations is the increased activity in the area of recidivism. The issue in which almost every SAC had some involvement in 1993 was police. Activities undertaken by SACs in this area included a survey of citizen satisfaction with police service, drug task force evaluation studies, and an analysis of citizens' complaints against police.