NCJ Number
153091
Date Published
1994
Length
400 pages
Annotation
This report evaluates the criminal justice system of Hillsborough County, FL, in 1993.
Abstract
The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners contracted with the Institute for Law and Policy Planning to perform a comprehensive assessment of the local justice system and its facilities. The report principally finds that: (1) the inmate population is not growing as fast as once expected; (2) there are many areas where increases in efficiency can both slow the growth of the inmate population and more effectively preserve community safety; and (3) the infrastructure to accomplish this already exists in the efforts of individual agencies and the Hillsborough County Public Safety Coordinating Council. The report is divided into three parts: (1) Inmate Population Assessment; (2) Justice System Assessment; and (3) Space Use Assessment. There is an Executive Summary which highlights key issues, findings and recommendations to provide an overall briefing of the complete study; it does not summarize all areas of report coverage. Appendixes, figures and list of figures, tables and list of tables, list of abbreviations