Cj Centers of Excellence Essay

ACJS PANEL TOPIC
                                                March 13 -17 New York City
      “CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR THE STUDY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRIME CONTROL POLICIES”
Crime control policies refer to the laws, regulations and other governmental actions that are designed to reduce criminal acts. Because public safety is a key responsibility of government, policy makers at the federal, state and local levels are involved in formulating and implementing crime control policies. http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=2971
Most crime control policies involve the development of legislation that provide for enforcement actions by law enforcement and the administration of the criminal justice system, including courts and corrections. http://utsa.edu/swjcj/archives/6.1/6%20SWJCJ%206(1)%20Oliver%20et%20al.pdf
Data suggest that crime control policies have resulted in greater expenditures on law enforcement and higher rates of incarceration in state and federal prisons. http://www.ccsd.ca/cpsd/ccsd/pcc.htm
The Justice Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., reported that incarceration rates in the United States dramatically increased sharply between 1980 and 2000. The institute contends that this is in part due to crime control policies that emphasize arrest and confinement. http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/00-05_rep_punishingdecade_ac.pdf
Because public policy legislation making occurs in a political environment, the resulting crime control policies are likely those that are most politically popular and feasible. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080817171322AAcnzQs
Social scientist have contended since the 1970s that effective crime control policies are those that consider root causes of crime, such as family, social and community environments. http://criminology.fsu.edu/crimtheory/wilson/paper.html   (Evaluating Criminology and Criminal Justice, Cohn, Farrington and Wright, 1994)

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