NCJ Number
82868
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
The orientation for new employees covers LEAA's history, its congressional mandate, its organizational structure, and examples of LEAA programs.
Abstract
LEAA was created to provide aid and advice to local and State governments in their criminal justice endeavors. Congress charged LEAA with three responsibilities: to introduce the notion of comprehensive planning in dealing with problems faced by criminal justice agencies, to develop a series of technical and financial assistance programs designed to improve local criminal justice agencies, and to develop a capacity for research and development to find new methods of dealing with crime problems and to acquaint criminal justice agencies with those methods. LEAA has a central office and 10 regional offices which work with State Planning Agencies. The agency has a total of about 800 employees. LEAA programs include the Career Criminal Program, the Family Crisis Intervention Program, and TASC (Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime). The organization and responsibilities of LEAA's Office of Administration are explained, along with routine procedures followed in reviewing grants and nonroutine activities. New employees are invited to communicate with the Office if they have suggestions or any personnel problems. Questions and answers conclude the discussion. For other LEAA orientation tapes, see NCJ 79757-62.