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MAINE - ANALYSIS OF CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

NCJ Number
44387
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1976
Length
214 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF 1975 MAINE UNIFORM CRIME REPORT (UCR) STATISTICS AND OF THE MAINE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS PRESENTED IN NARRATIVE AND STATISTICAL FORM.
Abstract
IN THE SECTION CONCERNING UCR FIGURES FOR 1975, INFORMATION IS PRESENTED BY COUNTY AND FOR THE ENTIRE STATE FOR VIOLENT AND PROPERTY CRIME, MURDER AND NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER, FORCIBLE RAPE, ROBBERY, ASSAULT, BURGLARY, LARCENY-THEFT, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT, STOLEN AND RECOVERED PROPERTY VALUES, CLEARANCE RATES, ARREST RATES, AND UNEMPLOYMENT RATES. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ANALYSIS ENCOMPASSESS ALL CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES IN MAINE, INCLUDING POLICE AGENCIES AT THE STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS; PROSECUTION AT THE STATE AND DISTRICT LEVELS; ASSIGNED DEFENSE COUNSEL; THE SUPREME AND SUPERIOR COURTS; THE DISTRICT COURT; AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL. THE INFORMATION WAS GATHERED BOTH DIRECTLY AND THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS. TWO FLOWCHARTS DISPLAYING THE SYSTEM WORKLOAD FOR THE ENTIRE STATE AND FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY, MAINE'S HIGH CRIME/HIGH ACTIVITY AREA, ARE ALSO PRESENTED. (DAS)