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PHILADELPHIA - POLICE DEPARTMENT - JUVENILE AID DIVISION EXPANSION PROJECT - AN EVALUATION

NCJ Number
26159
Author(s)
M RIEDEL
Date Published
Unknown
Length
24 pages
Annotation
EVALUATES PROJECT TO COPE WITH JUVENILE CRIMES, ESPECIALLY GANG-RELATED CRIME, BY ADDING SPECIAL OFFICERS TO THE JUVENILE AID DIVISION.
Abstract
THE EVALUATION INVOLVED INTERVIEWS OF PROJECT PERSONNEL CONCERNED WITH PROBLEMS OF COORDINATION WITHIN THE PROJECT, AND ALSO WITH BROADER PROBLEMS OF COORDINATION WITH OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DATA WAS COMPARED WITH AN IDENTICAL PERIOD OF TIME IN 1973.