CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING IN THE STATES

• NCJ Number: 16353
• Author(s): J C UPPAL
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 18 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CRIMINOLOGY, NOVEMBER 1-4, 1974, CHICAGO.

Annotation

STATE AND FEDERAL ROLES, THE NEED FOR 'COMPREHENSIVE' STATE PLANNING, AND A REVIEW OF THE TREND IN SOME STATES IN ORGANIZATIONAL AND STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN STATE PLANNING AGENCIES (SPA).

Abstract

THE TRADITIONAL STATE PLANNING AGENCY FUNCTION IS SEEN AS BEING THE DISTRIBUTOR OF FEDERAL MONIES AND LEAA PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION NEEDS. THE AUTHOR STATES THAT THE FEDERAL ROLE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING IS ONE OF FUNDING AND LEADERSHIP, LARGELY THROUGH LEAA. COMPREHENSIVE STATE PLANNING IS DEFINED AS THE INTEGRATION OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL PLANNING, AND THE USE OF AN EFFECTIVE SET OF POLICY MEASURES AND AN ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK INTENDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTAL BOUNDARIES. PROBLEMS IN INTEGRATED OR COMPREHENSIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING, SUCH AS THE JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY SEPARATION OF POWERS, THE FRAGMENTATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT OF LEGISLATORS, LACK OF COMMUNITY INPUT, AND LACK OF GOVERNMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. FINALLY, SPECIFIC STATE EXAMPLES OF THE CURRENT TREND TO PLACE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, WITHIN THE BROADER SCOPE OF STATE-WIDE PLANNING AND STATE APPROPRIATIONS ARE GIVEN.