NCJ Number
36956
Date Published
Unknown
Length
255 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE DEMOGRAPHIC, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN WHICH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF WACO/MCLENNAN COUNTY (TX) OPERATES - ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SERVICE-PROVISION AGENCIES ARE EXAMINED.
Abstract
THE REPORT BEGINS WITH A STATEMENT OF METHODOLOGY USED IN BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COMMUNITY STUDY AND THE FORMULATION OF THE DIAGNOSES AND PROPOSED SOLUTIONS. A HISTORICAL SYNOPSIS OF THE IOTA (INITIATIVES ORIENTED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE) EFFORT IN THE COMMUNITY IS GIVEN NEXT. SINCE THE IOTA EFFORT FOCUSES ON THE REDUCTION OF CRIME, A RATHER DETAILED STATEMENT OF CRIME AND CRIME TRENDS IS PROVIDED. IN ORDER TO PUT THIS DATA INTO SOME PERSPECTIVE, THE DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE OUTLINED. BECAUSE IOTA WAS BUILT ON THE PREMISE OF OBTAINING A SYSTEMIC OVERVIEW, OTHER HUMAN SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEMS WERE STUDIED ALONG WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE LAST PART OF THE REPORT IS A DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE PLANNING PROCESSES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AGENCIES ARE GIVEN PARTICULAR ATTENTION. PROBLEMS IN THE SYSTEM ARE IDENTIFIED AND ORGANIZATIONAL SOLUTIONS ARE PROPOSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)