LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION - ANNUAL REPORT, 6TH, FISCAL YEAR 1974

• NCJ Number: 34512
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 239 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS REPORT PRESENTS INFORMATION ON THE PROGRESS OF LEAA PROGRAMS IN FOURTEEN TOPIC AREAS, A DISCUSSION OF LEAA FUNDED STATE AND LOCAL CRIME CONTROL EFFORTS, AND DATA ON THE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF LEAA.

Abstract

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS OF 1974 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: LEAA ENCOURAGED THE STATES TO DEVELOP STANDARDS AND GOALS FOR THEIR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS; LEAA RELEASED THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SURVEYS ON THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF CRIME VICTIMS IN THE COUNTRY'S FIVE LARGEST CITIES AND IN THE EIGHT IMPACT CITIES; AND LEAA DEVELOPED NEW PROGRAMS FOR INVOLVING THE CITIZEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND FOR MAKING THE SYSTEM MORE RESPONSIVE TO CITIZEN NEEDS.