NCJ Number
96078
Date Published
1983
Length
69 pages
Annotation
This document from the evaluation of Operation Hardcore, a program of specialized prosecutorial activities to counter rising gang violence in Los Angeles, contains the evaluation's variable description list, the codebooks, and an introductory section that contains descriptions of data collection procedures, sampling, the file structure, codebook information, and processing information.
Abstract
The evaluation systematically examined the effectiveness of the program. The purposes of the system performance analysis were to describe the problems of gang violence in Los Angeles and the ways that incidents of gang violence have been handled by the Los Angeles criminal justice system; to document the activities of the special gang prosecution unit, Operation Hardcore, and the criminal justice handling of the cases prosecuted by that unit; and to evaluate the extent to which Operation Hardcore has affected criminal justice handling of gang violence. All incidents occurring within the 1976-80 period were included in the data collection. The pool of gang-related homicides was selected, because the majority of the cases handled by Operation Hardcore involve such incidents; it is in the prosecution of this type of crime that the unit is expected to have an impact. The data come in two formats: card image and OSIRIS.