NCJ Number
171679
Date Published
August 1998
Length
87 pages
Annotation
This Annual Report to Congress summarizes the National Institute of Justice's (NIJ's) major activities during fiscal year 1997, and further describes 18 of the year's key projects and programs.
Abstract
Part 1 of this report describes NIJ's organization, funding, and growth. It contains budget figures and explanations as well as an organization chart. Part 2 provides an overview of the year, providing brief examples to explain how NIJ accomplished its goals. It contains a list of NIJ's strategic challenges, descriptions of partnership activities with Federal agencies and private foundations, and a reporting of outreach and dissemination efforts. Part 3 is a cross section of NIJ's research and development activities. It presents 18 notable programs and projects in more depth. These programs are in five main sections: policing, drugs and crime, crime prevention, violence, and technology. Appended listing of the awards NIJ has made during the fiscal year and a list of the documents published
Date Published: August 1, 1998
Similar Publications
- A Comparison of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) Micro X-Ray Fluorescence (uXRF) and Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for the Discrimination of Automotive Glass
- Perceived Gun Access and Gun Carrying Among Male Adolescent Offenders
- Surface Activation and Pretreatments for Biocompatible Metals and Alloys Used in Biomedical Applications