NCJ Number
146899
Date Published
1974
Length
80 pages
Annotation
The 1974 annual report of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ) focused on the NILECJ's mandate to encourage research and development that would improve and strengthen both law enforcement and criminal justice and on NILECJ model program development and evaluation.
Abstract
The NILECJ sponsored several research efforts that encompassed parole boards, improved juror treatment, witnesses and misdemeanants, and environmental design and technology concepts. Specifically in 1974, a National Evaluation Program was initiated to gather and disseminate information on such approaches and programs as pretrial screening and youth service bureaus. An Office of Evaluation was created to evaluate national projects and to develop new evaluation methods. The NILECJ expanded its activities and initiated a National Training and Demonstration Program to help criminal justice practitioners adopt practices that had proven successful elsewhere. Two model programs, police family crisis intervention and community-based corrections, were selected for full-scale demonstrations. The NILECJ gave priority to the development of programs responsive to citizen needs, explored technologies applicable to the criminal justice system, and attempted to open its decisionmaking process to the public. In addition, the NILECJ focused on community crime prevention, juvenile delinquency, police, courts, and corrections. Appendixes contian supplemental information on NILECJ organization, funding, publications, and grants and contracts. Tables, figures, and photographs