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NCJ Number: 213407 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Guidelines for Developing a Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee
Document: PDF
Author(s): Robert C. Cushman
Date Published: January 2002
Annotation: This is a guide for those planning to establish or strengthen a criminal justice coordinating committee (CJCC), which is an inclusive term applied to informal and formal committees that provide a forum where key justice system officials and other government officials can discuss justice system issues; the guide focuses on how a CJCC can alleviate jail crowding and achieve other system improvements.
Abstract: Section 1 of the guide examines the need for improved justice system coordination, as it discusses the connections between planning, analysis, and coordination; summarizes the benefits of local justice planning and coordination; and explores the context within which coordination must occur. Section 2 establishes a justice planning and coordination framework that is designed to provide a better understanding of the planning process as a discipline. Planning and coordination are described at three levels: the justice agency, the city/county, and the comprehensive interagency and intergovernmental level. The three types of planning described are policy, program, and operations. These types of planning are linked in a series of planning steps designed to improve justice system communication, cooperation, and coordination. Examples are provided to demonstrate the critical role of data collection and analysis. Section 3 describes coordination mechanisms that improve local justice system collaboration. The mechanisms show an increasingly more comprehensive coordination model in an evolution toward an ideal CJCC. Section 4 prescribes guidelines and principles for creating, staffing, evaluating, rejuvenating, and demonstrating the benefits of a CJCC. Examples are provided from local jurisdictions with advanced planning practices. Appendixes present a checklist for forming or rejuvenating a CJCC, list the jurisdictions mentioned in the guide and CJCC resources, and provide a sample charge for a criminal justice task force and bylaws for a CJCC.
Main Term(s): Criminology
Index Term(s): Criminal justice coordinating committee; Criminal justice system planning; Jails; Prison overcrowding; Program coordination; Program design; Program implementation; Program planning
Grant Number: 99J1125;
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Corrections
Washington, DC 20534
Sale Source: National Institute of Corrections
320 First Street, NW
Washington, DC 20534
United States of America
Page Count: 65
Format: Document (Online)
Type: Guideline
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: Downloaded March 14, 2006.
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