SEATTLE - CONSUMER CRIME PREVENTION PROJECT - EVALUATION, NOVEMBER 1973 TO JUNE 1975

• NCJ Number: 30291
• Author(s): D LOCK; K E MATHEWS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 27 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1080; 1518
• Sponsoring Agency: Washington Law and Justice Planning Office
• Corporate Author: Seattle Law and Justice Planning Office
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE SEATTLE CONSUMER CRIME PREVENTION PROJECT SERVES A TWO-FOLD PURPOSE - TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON BUSINESS FRAUD, AND TO PROSECUTE (EITHER ADMINISTRATIVELY OR CRIMINALLY) VIOLATIONS THAT ARE REPORTED TO IT.

Abstract

AN ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION RESULTS IN A SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF A BUSINESS LICENSE. THE TYPES OF DATA COLLECTED AND REPORTED INCLUDE THE NUMBER OF CASES INVESTIGATED AND/OR PROSECUTED; THE NUMBER OF ARREST WARRANTS, FELONY CHARGES, AND MISDEMEANOR CHARGES; THE NUMBER OF CASE CONVICTIONS, CASES DISMISSED, AND CASES PENDING; THE NUMBER OF LICENSE SUSPENSIONS/ REVOCATIONS; AND ETC. ALL THESE DATA ARE COMPARED INTERNALLY, I.E. TO FIVE FOUR MONTH PERIODS OVER WHICH THE PROJECT HAS BEEN OPERATING.