NCJ Number
53862
Date Published
1978
Length
33 pages
Annotation
REVIEWS ARE PROVIDED FOR 29 LOCAL INITIATIVES SELECTED FOR THE EXEMPLARY PROJECTS PROGRAM OF LEAA'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Abstract
THE EXEMPLARY PROJECTS PROGRAM IS A SYSTEMATIC METHOD OF IDENTIFYING OUTSTANDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, VERIFYING THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND PUBLICIZING THEM WIDELY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE WIDESPREAD USE OF ADVANCED CRIMINAL JUSTICE PRACTICES. THE 29 PROJECTS CITED AND DISCUSSED DEAL WITH COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, PROSECUTION, ADJUDICATION AND DEFENSE, CORRECTIONS, JUVENILE DIVERSION AND TREATMENT, AND ALTERNATIVE SERVICE DELIVERY. THEY INCLUDE A RAPE PREVENTION CENTER IN LOUISIANA, COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION AND HIDDEN CAMERA PROJECTS IN WASHINGTON STATE, AND A RAPE/SEXUAL ASSAULT CARE CENTER AND A COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS PROGRAM IN IOWA. A VOLUNTEER PROBATION COUNSELING PROGRAM AND A RURAL LEGAL INFORMATION CENTER IN NEBRASKA, STREET CRIME AND MAJOR OFFENSE UNITS IN NEW YORK CITY, AND CONSOLIDATED POLICE RADIO DISPATCH SERVICES AND A ONE DAY/ONE TRIAL JURY SYSTEM IN MICHIGAN ARE INCLUDED. A POLICE LEGAL LIAISON IN TEXAS, AN ECONOMIC CRIME PROSECUTION UNIT IN CONNECTICUT, THE PROSECUTOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (PROMIS), AND PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ARE DESCRIBED. AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION BUREAU FOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES IN NEW YORK STATE, WORK RELEASE AND JUVENILE ARBITRATION PROJECTS IN MARYLAND, PAROLE OFFICER AIDE AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROGRAMS IN OHIO, FRAUD PROSECUTION IN CALIFORNIA, MENTAL HEALTH-MENTAL RETARDATION EMERGENCY SERVICE DELIVERY IN PENNSYLVANIA, AND JUVENILE DIVERSION, TREATMENT, EDUCATION, AND CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, MISSOURI, AND PENNSYLVANIA ARE GIVEN. BRIEF OUTLINES OF EACH PROGRAM ARE PROVIDED, ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND TABULAR DATA.