NCJ Number: 194118
Title: Assessment of the HIDTA Program: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
Series: NIJ Research Report
Corporate Author: BOTEC Analysis Corporation
Date Published: June 2001
Page Count: 211
Sponsoring Agency: BOTEC Analysis Corporation
Grant Number: 1997-IJ-CX-0044
Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
Document: PDF
Type: Program/Project Evaluation
Format: Document
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Annotation: This report presents findings from an assessment of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP's) program of High
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), which was initially
intended to focus additional Federal assistance on targeted areas
of the Nation with high levels of drug trafficking.
Abstract: In 1990, the ONDCP designated five HIDTA's: New York City, Los
Angeles, South Florida, Houston, and the Southwest Border. The
HIDTA program aimed to concentrate drug interdiction personnel
and resources in these areas in an effort to disrupt major
channels of drug distribution. HIDTA funding was designed to
supplement existing Federal, State, and local resources. This
report documents, compares, and contrasts the operations of the
five initial sites and then discusses the implications of the
findings for the management of the HIDTA program. The report
addresses three broad questions: How the HIDTA program functions
in each of the five sites, the effect the program has had on
interagency cooperation, and how evaluators might measure the
impact the program has had on drug trafficking in HIDTA areas.
The introductory section of the report is followed by a
background section, which provides a more detailed overview of
the history and current status of the five sites and their
initiatives. This encompasses how the sites are organized and
staffed, which agencies participate in the various sites, and the
types of initiatives being funded. Case studies of the five sites
are presented. Regarding the measurement of the impact of the
HIDTA program, this assessment recommends diminishing the
emphasis on two stated HIDTA objectives: the disruption or
dismantling of drug-trafficking organizations and reductions in
drug-related homicides, robberies, rapes, and assaults. It
recommends that the primary objective be an improvement in the
efficiency and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local law
enforcement efforts by progressive compliance with the National
HIDTA Developmental Standards. Reasons are given for this
recommended shifting of priorities in evaluation measures.
Tabular data on each of the five sites and appended HIDTA
Developmental Standards and the interview guide
Main Term(s): Drug Policy
Index Term(s): California; Drug law enforcement; Evaluation measures; Federal aid; Federal programs; Florida; Interagency cooperation; Intergovernmental relations; New Jersey; New York; NIJ final report; Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP); Southwestern States; Texas
Note: Dataset may be archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
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