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... INTRODUCTION The National I n s t i t u t e of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ or I n s t i t u t e ) was established by Congress i n T i t l e I , Part D, of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968.
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... 2 by providing technical assistance, trai n i n g personnel, developing techniques for evaluation, and determining which kinds of action programs are e f f e c t i v e -- i n LEAA-'s terms, what kinds of program work and what kinds do not. A defining characteristic of the I n s t i t u t e , therefore, i s the c o n f l i c t between i t s overt research and i m p l i c i t service roles.

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