PUBLIC DISILLUSIONMENT ABOUT THE FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT TO REDUCE CRIME AND THE CONTINUAL OVERPROMISING OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES ON THE CRIME ISSUE IS FIRST DISCUSSED. THE AUTHOR NOTES THAT WHILE CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH CANNOT PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ANSWERS TO THE CRIME PROBLEM, SEVERAL STUDIES ARE NOW PRODUCING SOME IMPORTANT RESULTS. THE AUTHOR CITES THE KANSAS CITY STUDY ON PROACTIVE-REACTIVE PATROL STYLES, THE KANSAS CITY STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF POLICE RESPONSE TIME, AND THE RAND STUDY ON THE ROLE OF POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS AS EXAMPLES OF THESE RESEARCH EFFORTS. SUCH RESEARCH, THE AUTHOR ARGUES, MAY HAVE SEVERAL IMPORTANT ROLES TO PLAY IN PRODUCING CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES BY NOTING THE IMPORTANCE OF CRIME REDUCTION AS A MAJOR GOAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH.