CITIES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE - A REVIEW OF RECENT LOCAL INITIATIVES TO REDUCE CRIME AND IMPROVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• NCJ Number: 9991
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 64 pages
• Grant Number(s): DF-70-264
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: National League of Cities
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPORT ON MAYORS' CONFERENCE, WASHINGTON, DC, MAY 4-5, 1971

Annotation

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS OUTLINED AND OMNIBUS CRIME CONTROL AND SAFE STREETS ACT DISCUSSED IN THE LIGHT OF PLANNING AND FUNDING URBAN CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

Abstract

THE ELEMENTS OF A CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL, AN AGENCY WHICH FOSTERS INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION, ARE SET FORTH AND ARE ALSO ANALYZED FROM A MAYOR'S VANTAGE POINT. DESCRIPTIONS OF CRIME CONTROL PROJECTS RANGING FROM IMPROVED EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TO MORE SOPHISTICATED METHODS OF ALLEVIATING COURT BACKLOGS AND PREVENTING JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, ILLUSTRATE THE VARIOUS RESPONSES OF A NUMBER OF CITIES TO THE SAFE STREETS ACT.