REPLICATING LEAA'S FIRST EXEMPLARY PROGRAM - PLAUDITS IN DES MOINES, BUT PROBLEMS IN SALT LAKE

• NCJ Number: 38008
• Journal: Corrections Magazine Volume: 11 Issue: 5 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 13-14 16-24
• Author(s): R WILSON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Correctional Information Service, Inc
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE DES MOINES PROJECT IN POLK COUNTY, IOWA, AND THE FUNDING, COORDINATION, CONTROL, POLITICAL, AND OTHER PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN REPLICATING THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT IOWA AND IN SALT LAKE COUNTY, UTAH.

Abstract

THE 'FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT OF COURT SERVICES', BETTER KNOWN AS 'THE DES MOINES PROJECT', RECEIVED LEAA EXEMPLARY STATUS IN 1972. THE PROJECT ENCOMPASSES FOUR PROGRAMS UNDER ONE ADMINISTRATION: PRETRIAL RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE, SUPERVISED PRETRIAL 'RELEASE WITH SERVICES', PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION AND PROBATION SUPERVISION, AND RESIDENTIAL ALTERNATIVES TO PRISON.