NCJ Number
88873
Date Published
1976
Length
84 pages
Annotation
As a result of the High-Impact Anti-Crime program, which began in January 1972 and was funded by LEAA, eight cities now have the capability of rationally planning, implementing, and evaluating their anticrime programs.
Abstract
The programs took place in Denver, Dallas, Atlanta, St. Louis, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Newark, N.J., and Portland, Oreg. They aimed to reduce crime and improve criminal justice capabilities through an iterative process called the COPIE cycle. The programs also aimed to improve agency coordination and community involvement in the criminal justice planning process and to develop new knowledge about crime and the effectiveness of anticrime programs. The program introduced the concept of a crime analysis team composed of practitioners and researchers to work in each city to produce a master plan, supervise and perform the COPIE cycle, and act as a liaison in the effort to coordinate criminal justice agencies. The impact cities used the Federal funds for efforts which could not otherwise have been funded. Except in Baltimore, effective drug programs were not implemented, however. In many of the cities, recidivism among juveniles improved. The crime analysis team in Denver should serve as a model for future applications of this concept. Additional findings and recommendations and a list of 29 technical reports prepared by the MITRE Corporation are included.