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107164 1 (1978-07-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacxro0001 and id is 1 raw text is: t-. .3' -UNITED STATES GNLAZNIGCc \>' y ASHNG70N. Z% Z. LM107164 J L 3 IS Mr. Jams M1. E. Gregz Assiscar.:Adistaor:e of ?;anning and Manae=e: Law _n:or:ement Assistance Adzinistra:izan Dear Mr. Greg;: The General Accountirg Office recently concluded a s;rvev or :e Law 7aforcement Assistar.: Administrai n's 1-A rogra=, entited Corrections Initiative: Experiment in Restitution. The obecti:e a: the program was to determine the conditions under which resti:ution wculd be an effective tool in dealin with offenders in the cri=inal ustice system. We conducted this survey at LEAA Hieadquarers, at four of the seven restitution projects included in the experinent--Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachuset:s; Denver, Colorado; and ?ortland, Gregen---nd at the Criminal Justice Research Center in Albany, New York. 'e perfor=ed our fieldwork between Decenber 1977 and March 1978. Weaknesses in planning and managing the experi=ent, difficulties in implezenting the projects, and failure to develop sufficien: research data will prevent accomplishment of the experiment's objective. L i not: --Assure itself that all program participants were aware of and agreed to the prcgram's objective before the grants were awarded. --Make sure that participants understood the =ethods that were to be used to achieve the objective. -Assure that the grantees had adeouate procedures to obtain The required staffing and funas. --Monitor projects so that ineffective projects can either be provided with assistance or terminated in a timely manner. --Select the progra= evaluator before project grants were awarded to facili:ate :he provision of technical assistance. These atters are discussed in jetail in the enclosure to this let:er.

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