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GGD-77-72 1 (1978-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaxqk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1DCCLJIENT R~ESUME 065b2 - [ B2087091 1 Evaluation Needs of Crime Conttoi P~amnets, Decisionmakers, and Policymakers Are Not Being Met. GGD-77-72; B-171019. July 14, 1978. 179 pp. + 3 appendices (15 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer E. Staats, Ccaptrciler General. Issue Area: Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention (5CCQ ; Program Evaluation Systems: Agency Evaluaticn (2601). Contact: General Government Div. Budqet Function: Law Enforcement and Justice: Law Enforcenent Assistance (754). Organization Concerned: Department of Justice; Law Inforcement Assistance Administration. Conqressional Relevance: House Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Comm&ttee on the Judiciary; C'ngress. Authority: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Ere-,sntion Act of IS74. Crime Control Act of 1976. Omnibus Crize CcntLzl and Sate Streets Act of 1976. Since 1969 the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) has awarded ovcr $5 billion tc State and local governments to reduce crime and delinquency. There have been various attempts to evaluate the impact and effectiveness ot programs r(ceivinq these funds. findinqs/Ccnclusicns: Evaluation artivities of LEAA and the States have been inadequate to meet planning, decisionmakiug, and policysaking needs of many users ccncprned with the iLtergqcvenmental block grant crime control progLam. For example: the amount and types of evaluation work have not been adequate, the quality of evaluation work was questionable, evaluation inforuaticn needs of use:s were not being met, resources allccated for evaluation were inadequate, organization of evaluation functions lacked direction and effective management ccmtrciL, and better coordination of evaluation program efforts was needed. LEAA should place greater emphasis ucon building evaluation into programs and projects before they are started at the Federal, State, and local levels, and exercise greater leadership. recommendations: The Congress should ccnsider expanding iLAA's research, development, demcnstration, and evaluation rol*4, with greater involvement from 3tate and local governments. The Attorney General should direct LEAA tc kxcvide for substantive irvolvement ot State and local officals in for|,!.ating edaluation policies, quidelines, and requirements. Such efforts should include establishing an evaluation coordinating committee and assessing evaluation information feedback needs of States and locdiiti-s periodically. The Attorney General Psculd direct the Admil.istrator of LEAA to: provide for the crgani~ational placement ot evaluation responsibilities minimally at the Deputy Administrator level and prcvide for additicmal resouices for evaluation tunctions; increase the priority emphasis of

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