DRUG ENFORCEMENT - HAVE THE POLICE GONE INTO BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES (FROM POLICE IN SOCIETY, 1975 BY EMILIO C VIANO AND JEFFREY H REIMAN - SEE NCJ-29466)

• NCJ Number: 29468
• Author(s): J A WEBSTER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: Lexington Books
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION EVALUATION OF THE LEAA-FUNDED METROPOLITAN NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS ENFORCEMENT GROUP (MEG) OF COOK COUNTY IN NOVEMBER, 1973, REVEALS A LACK OF EFFECTIVENESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

Abstract

STATISTICS ON ARRESTS, CHARGES BROUGHT, AMOUNTS AND TYPES OF DRUGS CONFISCATED, AND DISPOSITION OF OFFENDERS ARE PRESENTED IN NUMEROUS TABLES. THE AUTHOR, WHO CONDUCTED THE STUDY FOR THE ILLINOIS COMMISSION, CONCLUDES THAT MEG VIOLATES CITIZENS' RIGHTS AND CORRUPTS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.