NCJ Number
14037
Date Published
1974
Length
273 pages
Annotation
PROJECT DETAILS OF EVALUATION STRATEGIES DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO DETER CRIME IN EIGHT HIGH IMPACT CITIES.
Abstract
THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION TO DEMONSTRATE, IN EIGHT LARGE CITIES, THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPREHENSIVE, CRIME-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS IN REDUCING STRANGER-TO-STRANGER CRIME AND BURGLARY. THIS VOLUME, SAMPLE IMPACT PROJECT EVALUATION COMPONENTS CONTAINS A GROUP OF EVALUATION COMPONENTS SELECTED BY NILECJ AND MITRE CORPORATION. THE CRIME-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS DEVELOPED IN THE EIGHT IMPACT CITIES -- ATLANTA, BALTIMORE, CLEVELAND, DALLAS, DENVER, NEWARK, PORTLAND (OREGON), AND ST. LOUIS -- REPRESENT A NEW APPROACH TO CRIME REDUCTION WHICH EMPHASIZES THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE PROJECTS AIMED AT REDUCING SPECIFIC TYPES OF CRIME. THE PROJECTS INVOLVE INVESTIGATION AND EXPERIMENTATION IN AREAS SUCH AS FIELD SERVICES FOR PROBATIONERS/PAROLEES, DIFFERENTIATED SUPERVISION OF PROBATIONERS/PAROLEES, HIGH RISK JUVENILE PAROLE, SPECIAL CASE PROCESSING FOR IMPACT OFFENDERS, AND THE IMPACT OF STREET LIGHTING ON CRIME. IN VARYING STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT, THESE COMPONENTS REPRESENT ACTUAL EVALUATION STRATEGIES BEING USED TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ANTI-CRIME ACTIVITIES IN THE FOLLOWING CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAM AREAS - ADULT CORRECTIONS, JUVENILE CORRECTIONS, ADJUDICATION, POLICE DEPLOYMENT, AND TARGET HARDENING. ALONG WITH THIS FUNCTIONAL AREA DESIGNATION, EACH EVALUATION COMPONENT DESCRIBES THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT, AS WELL AS THE DATA, MEASURES, AND METHODS WHICH WILL BE USED TO COMPLETE THE EVALUATION EFFORT. (SNI ABSTRACT)