NCJ Number
179523
Date Published
1991
Length
34 pages
Annotation
This report contains articles on drugs and violence in America, forensic science and criminal justice technology, Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program and youth gang suppression and intervention. It also contains abstracts of other publications on topics of interest to criminal justice professionals.
Abstract
Assistant Attorney General Gurule describes Office of Justice Programs priorities including gangs and their links to drugs and violence. An article on high-tech tools for the '90s' describes how research on DNA, fingerprint, and other technology is providing new and more accurate ways to determine the facts about a case. Since 1987, the DUF program has used urinalysis and self-reports to provide national information on arrestees’ recent drug use. Researchers offer a first look at data they are gathering on the law enforcement response to the juvenile gang problem. The document includes abstracts of publications concerning: corrections; courts; crime prevention; criminology; drugs and crime; juvenile justice; law enforcement; reference and statistics; and victims.