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AMERICANIZATION OF 1984 (FROM CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN AMERICA - A CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING, 1974 BY RICHARD QUINNEY - SEE NCJ-42275)

NCJ Number
42278
Author(s)
J Gerth
Date Published
1974
Length
16 pages
Annotation
THIS ARTICLE VIEWS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION AS A REPRESSIVE INSTRUMENT OF POLITICAL ABUSE AND COMPARES SPECIFIC LEAA PROGRAMS, SUCH AS PROJECT SEARCH, TO GEORGE ORWELL'S '1984.'...MSP