NCJ Number:
183157
Title:
Implementing Local Criminal Justice Strategies: Developing Measures of Performance in 36 Bureau of Justice Assistance Open Solicitation Sites
Author(s):
John S. Goldcamp; Don M. Gottfredson; Jeffrey D. Monroe
Date Published:
January 1999
Annotation:
This report describes the initiatives of the 36 jurisdictions selected under the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s first Open Solicitation Program, which aimed to identify and support outstanding programs to address criminal justice problems with local and innovative perspectives.
Abstract:
Each program had to incorporate measurements of implementation progress and goal attainment. The grant program emphasized five requirements: innovation, implementation, monitoring, community collaboration, and measurement of results. Local problem definitions and program goals were diverse. The program aims included coordinating services, improving system responses, providing better treatment of substance abusers and other special populations, revising sentencing processes, reducing witness intimidation, providing services to at-risk youth, and many others. Police, courts, corrections agencies, prosecutors, schools, and local governments (including Alaskan Native and American Indian entities) often had primary leadership rolls. All initiatives described some form of collaboration among various agencies as instrumental to implementation of the innovative program. Program planning challenges differed among sites. Implementation challenges included practical and often political problems that required solutions before plans could be put into action. Nevertheless, most programs have made measurable progress in the early stages of implementation and have described methods of assessing the progress of implementation. Tables, profiles of each program site, and appended contact list
Main Term(s):
Crime prevention planning
Index Term(s):
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA); Community crime prevention programs; Criminal justice system reform; Evaluation measures; Federal aid; Interagency cooperation; Model programs; Program design; Program implementation
Grant Number:
98-DD-BX-0021
Sponsoring Agency:
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Washington, DC 20531 Crime and Justice Research Institute Philadelphia, PA 19123 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Corporate Author:
Crime and Justice Research Institute United States of America
Sale Source:
NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America Crime and Justice Research Institute 520 N. Columbus Blvd., Suite 600 Philadelphia, PA 19123 United States of America
Publisher:
http://www.cjri.com
Page Count:
174
Format:
Document
Type:
Report (Study/Research)
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
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