DESCRIPTION OF IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE EIGHT CITIES OF THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 36132
• Author(s): L A GREENFELD; C S WEIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 247 pages
• Contract Number(s): F19628-75-C-0001
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice; Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AN INTERIM EXAMINATION OF IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY THE EIGHT IMPACT CITIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE PROJECTS.

Abstract

THE STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE MITRE CORPORATION AS PART OF THE NATIONAL LEVEL EVALUATION OF THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM OPERATING IN THE EIGHT CITIES. THE REPORT PRESENTS A DESCRIPTION OF A PROCEDURAL MODEL OF IMPLEMENTATION AT THE PROGRAM AND PROJECT LEVELS, AND IT WAS USED TO STRUCTURE DATA COLLECTION FROM THE CRIME ANALYSIS TEAMS AND THE PROJECTS. BASED ON A SYNTHESIS OF THESE DATA, THE DOCUMENT EXAMINES IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS FUNDING AND EXPENDITURES, STAFFING, THE TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, IMPLEMENTATION PROBLEMS NOTED BY PROJECTS, PROJECT MODIFICATIONS, THE STATUS OF EVALUATION, AND PROSPECTS FOR PROJECT INSTITUTIONALIZATION. THESE IMPLEMENTATION CHARACTERISTICS AND ACTIVITIES WERE EXAMINED BOTH BY CITY AND BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUNCTIONAL AREA. A SUBSEQUENT DOCUMENT WILL ANALYZE IN DETAIL THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS AMONG THE IMPLEMENTATION VARIABLES DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. FOR OTHER DOCUMENTS IN THE SERIES, SEE NCJ-36115 AND 36131. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)