Law enforcement assistance administration

In July 1973, the following seven universities were awarded grants by the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) of the Department of Justice to develop and strengthen their research activities and criminal justice graduate programs. 

The authors wish to thank the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration for the support of the programs in forensic chemistry at Northeastern through an educational development grant. 

The goal of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) is to reduce crime and delinquency while continually improving the quality of criminal justice. The responsibilities of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (NILECJ), the re search arm of LEAA, include research and development efforts in the prevention of crime, in the detection of criminal acts, in the identification and apprehension of offenders, and in the swift and fair adjudication of suspects who are arrested and charged. The basic rationale of this research is that Ly increasing the likelihood of arrest and conviction, the risk associated with the commission of crimes is also elevated. If the risk of criminality becomes sufficiently high, there will be a proportional reduction in the volume and impact of criminal activity. 

Through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, the Federal Government is funding significant research in forensic science (Peterson). Proposals for funding are reviewed by experienced forensic scientists to ensure that those which address themselves to urgent, current... 

L. A. Franks, and R. K. Mullen, Time Dependent Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Characteristics of Detonated Primer Residues, U.S. Dept, of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (November 1972). 

New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne, who was recruited out of the Essex County Prosecutor s office by the Kennedy Justice hands and installed in the Governor s mansion, is a nationally prominent spokesman for drag decriminalization. As Chairman of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA)... 

The Institute also established an informal criminalistics advisory board which offered considerable assistance in the review and evaluation of concept papers and proposals submitted for funding. This panel composed of six leading criminalists, researchers and educators, served as an independent source of technical expertise and practical experience in the field of criminalistics. In addition to this group, a panel of forensic scientists from several federal law enforcement agencies was formed and has met periodically to discuss important issues in the administration of research projects. 

Administration and et rcement cf these laws are by The Wave and Hour Division. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) administers and enforces three federal contract-based civU ri ts laws that require mostfederal contractors and subcontractors, as well as federally assisted construction contractors, to provide equal employment opportunity. The Office cf the Assistant Secretary far Administration and Manavement s (OASAM) Civil Rights Center administers and enforces several federal assistance based civil rights laws... 

The aggressiveness with which the environmental agencies and the Justice Department attempted to hold companies accountable for violating the nation s environmental laws varied during the Laissez Faire Revival. The uneven performance was largely attributable to the willingness of different administrations to devote resources to enforcement, but it also reflected differences in attitudes concerning the relative desirability of strict enforcement versus compliance assistance. 

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