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How should we try to understand the changes in the criminal justice system which are taking place in this country in the present decade? How can the Probation Service maintain its professional integrity, influence the outcomes of policy decisions, and serve the best interests of its clients? How do these issues link with wider developments in social policy and social work? A former probation officer, turned social policy analyst, gives an overview of the Criminal Justice Act.

ABSTRACT* * *Journals in criminology and criminal justice have been ranked using subjective techniques to assess journal presitige as well as objective measures intended to assess journal eminence. Two recent studies have resulted in somewhat similar rankings of professional journals although each used distinct methods of data analysis and asked different research questions. This finding suggests that there is a consensus among professionals in the field concerning the importance of particular journals.

Description based on: 1978. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Vols. for 1978- prepared by the Bureau of the Census, Governments Division. ; Vols. for 1968/69-1972/73 issued by the National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Statistics Division; 1974-1978 preliminary report by the National Criminal Justice Information Statistics Service and the Bureau of the Census. ; Continued in 1979 by: Justice expenditure and employment in the U.S.

The Science and Technology Task Force of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administra tion of Justice (hereinafter referred to as the National Crime Commission), as one of its forward-reaching endeavors, exam ined how science and technology might contribute to the control of crime and to the operations of the criminal justice system. This paper reports on some studies concerning the potential role of systems analysis. Alternative technological investments by police departments are compared with a model of the apprehension process. Bottlenecks in moving cases through a court are identified through the use of a computer simulation of the court. A model of the total criminal justice system raises basic questions about the escalation of serious ness of crimes in criminal careers. Analyses of data on arrest trends show that about half of the young boys in the United States will be arrested at some time in their lives. These illustrative studies show considerable potential for more wide spread application of systems analysis throughout the criminal justice system.

Even if rural communities were motivated to resolve their crime problems, they do not have the necessary funds, manpower, or skills to do so