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INTERIM REPORT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE; OBJECTIVES AND PLANNING Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and C r i m i n a l J u s t i c e Assembly of B e h a v i o r a l and S o c i a l S c iences N a t i o n a l Research C o u n c i l N a t i o n a l Academy of Sci e n c e s Washington, D.C. 1976 NAS-NAE JUN 211976 LIBRARY
16 -i^vsro NOTICE The project that i s the subject of th i s report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the Councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the I n s t i t u t e of Medicine. The members of the Commit- tee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance. This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors accord- ing to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of mem- bers of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineer- ing, and the I n s t i t u t e of Medicine.
COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE Members SAMUEL KRISLOV (CHAIRMAN), Department of P o l i t i c a l Science, University of Minnesota ALFRED BLUMSTEIN, School of Urban and Public A f f a i r s , Carnegie-Mellon University DONALD CAMPBELL, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University DONALD DESKINS, Department of Geography, University of Michigan EUGENE EIDENBERG, Vice-Chancellor, University of I l l i n o i s at Chicago Circle MALCOLM FEELEY, Yale Law School, Yale University JACK GIBBS, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona CHARLES HERZFELD, Aerospace Electronics Components and Energy Group, International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation ROBERT IGLEBURGER, Police Department ( r e t i r e d ) , Dayton GARY KOCH, Department of B i o s t a t i s t i c s , University of North Carolina BERYL RADIN, The LBJ School of Public A f f a i r s , The University of Texas at Austin SIMON ROTTENBERG, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts RICHARD SCHWARTZ, School of Law, State University of New York at Buffalo MARVIN E. WOLFGANG, I n s t i t u t e of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania COLEMAN YOUNG, Mayor, City of Detroit Staff SUSAN 0. WHITE, Study Director FREDRICA D. KRAMER, Research Associate MICHAEL A. ROSSETTI, Research Assistant PAULETTE M. HOLMES, Secretary
PREFACE The Committee on Research on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, under contract with the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), has under- taken to evaluate the research program of LEAA's National I n s t i t u t e of Law En- forcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ). The evaluation task includes the following major features: ⢠the i d e n t i f i c a t i o n of NILECJ's goals and objectives and a h i s t o r i c a l description of i t s planning process; ⢠an assessment of the grants and contracts awarded from 1969-1975, i n terms of - s c i e n t i f i c adequacy, - subst£intive contributions, and - social p r i o r i t i e s ; ⢠an assessment of planning and funding procedures with recommendations; ⢠an assessment, with recommendations, of the two non- research functions of NILECJ, dissemination and evaluation; and ⢠a proposed research agenda. This interim report covers the f i r s t of those f i v e tasks.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY 3 Hi s t o r i c a l Setting of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration The National I n s t i t u t e of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT 10 AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE P o l i t i c a l Setting I n i t i a l Assumptions Administrative History, 1969-Present INSTITUTE OBJECTIVES AND PLANNING: PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS 34 APPENDICES 38 Appendix A: Congressional Attitudes Toward the National I n s t i t u t e 38 of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Appendix B: Mitre Corporation Evaluation of Impact Cities 42 Appendix C: Comments of Gerald M. Caplan 44 Appendix D: I n s t i t u t e Funding Patterns 45 Appendix E: Interviews 55 REFERENCES ^7 5er 0
