NCJ Number
53863
Date Published
1978
Length
51 pages
Annotation
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT A 1978 NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE EVALUATION THAT WAS SPONSORED BY THE LEAA AND HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Abstract
TOPICS OF THE ABSTRACTS, BY WORKSHOP PANEL, ARE AS FOLLOWS: (1) DRUG ABUSE (POLICE NARCOTICS CONTROL), (2) SENTENCING (MASSACHUSETTS GUN CONTROL LAW AND SENTENCING LAWS IN PENNSYLVANIA), (3) PRETRIAL SERVICES (DESK APPEARANCE TICKETS IN NEW YORK CITY, PRETRIAL DIVERSION, AND WHETHER PRETRIAL PERFORMANCE IS AFFECTED BY SUPERVISION), (4) RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (RANDOM TIME QUOTA SELECTION AND BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF CRIME RATES), (5) CAREER CRIMINALS (CAREER OFFENDERS AND JUSTICE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND THE PRISON EXPERIENCE OF CAREER CRIMINALS), (6) CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION (THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION'S PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE IN JAILS AND A POINT SYSTEM FOR TEMPORARY RELEASE SELECTION), (7) ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN (COMMERCIAL SECURITY SURVEYS AND TARGET HARDENING), (8) CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING (LOCAL PLANNING IN NEW JERSEY), (9) EVALUATING EVALUATIONS (MANPOWER SERVICE PROGRAMS FOR ILLINOIS OFFENDERS AND A CASE STUDY IN THE NATIONAL EVALUATION PROCESS FOR SYNTHESIZING EVALUATIONS AND ASSESSING EVALUABILITY), (10) EVALUATING POLICE PRACTICES (BURGLARY INVESTIGATION, A SINGLE FINGERPRINT PROJECT, AND AN AUTOMATIC VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM), (11) EVALUATING JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS (SERIOUS JUVENILE DELINQUENCY AND SECURE CARE, SUPPRESSION EFFECT IN BEFORE-AFTER COMPARISONS, AND TITLE I PROGRAMS FOR NEGLECTED AND DELINQUENT YOUTH), (12) CORRECTIONAL FIELD SERVICES (RECIDIVISM AS A FUNCTION OF PROBATION SUPERVISION AND EFFECTS OF FINANCIAL AID AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ON EX-PRISONERS), (13) UNIFIED DELINQUENCY INTERVENTION SERVICES (HOW A REGRESSION ARTIFACT CAN MAKE ANY DELINQUENCY INTERVENTION PROGRAM LOOK EFFECTIVE), (14) PLEA BARGAINING, AND (15) POLICE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION (HIDDEN CAMERA USE IN SEATTLE, WASH., AND EFFECTS OF POLICE RESPONSE TIME ON CITIZEN SATISFACTION). THE ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO PRESENTED THE PAPERS ARE PROVIDED.