CONSERVATIVE PUBLIC CRIME POLICIES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE WELL INTO THE FUTURE AND THESE POLICIES WILL BE REFLECTED IN SUCH PROGRAMS AS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, THE ABOLITION OF PAROLE, FIXED SENTENCING, AND RESTRICTIONS OF COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONAL PROGRAMS. THE RESEARCH AGENDA OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL LARGELY BE SET BY THIS CONSERVATIVE PHILOSOPHY AND IT CAN BE EXPECTED THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN SUCH RESEARCH ACTIVITIES. ALTHOUGH THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS A NATIONAL CRIME POLICY WAS BEGUN BY SENATOR GOLDWATER IN HIS 1964 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, PRESIDENT JOHNSON WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING A LIBERAL NATIONAL CRIME POLICY WHICH CONCENTRATED ON REMOVING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME. THIS LIBERAL POLICY HAS SINCE BEEN CHANGED, MOST NOTABLY BY THE APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATIVE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES. THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH WILL BE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (KCP)