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... LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Hi s t o r i c a l Setting of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, established i n 1968, was preceded by two major federal e f f o r t s to develop an anti-crime program. During the early 1960s, there was growing concern over crime, and the i n creasing crime rate became a major issue during the 1964 presidential campaign.
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... 4 anticipated a need for research and evaluation by proposing to fund p i l o t projects of national significance that could be tested for effectiveness and the results broadly disseminated to criminal j u s t i c e agencies.
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... 5 was amended by T i t l e I , the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Amendments, of the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 (signed January 2, 1971) and by the Crime Control Act of 1973.
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... 6 The 1968 Act was amended i n 1971 and 1973. The 1971 amendments modified the t r o i k a and established a new part for grants to correctional i n s t i t u t i o n s (Part E)
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... 7 stru c t i o n , pay up to 90 percent of expenses, and the state must pay 50 percent of the non-federal share. Part D: Training, Education.
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... 8 the words "and criminal j u s t i c e " were added to each reference to improving an aspect of law enforcement. Section 402(b)
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... or defense of those charged with crime, corrections, r e h a b i l i t a t i o n , probation and parole of offenders. Such train i n g a c t i v i t i e s shall be designed to supplement and improve rather than supplant the tra i n i n g a c t i v i t i e s of the state and units of general l o c a l government and shall not duplicate the t r a i n i n g a c t i v i t i e s of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under Section 404 of t h i s t i t l e .

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