NCJRS Catalog #32 Just In. MENU TITLE: Just In Series: NCJRS Catalog #32 Published: January/February 1997 19 pages 33,629 bytes ------------------------------ JUST IN Selected Additions to the NCJRS Document Collection This section announces new publications and audiovisual materials that keep you up to date on advances in criminal justice. Documents listed are recent additions to the NCJRS Document Data Base. The acquisition of a document or the inclusion of a document abstract in the Catalog does not constitute an endorsement of the document or its contents by the U.S. Department of Justice. All publications in the NCJRS document collection may be borrowed through interlibrary loan. (Videos are not available.) Contact your local library for further information. Selected publications are available as hard copy reproductions ($5 per document plus 10› per page). Call NCJRS at 800-851-3420 to verify availability. Publications in this Catalog designated "available electronically" are accessible via the Internet or a modem connection. ------------------------------ CORRECTIONS CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS Katherine Gabel and Denise Johnston, M.D., eds. 1995. 336 pp. ACCN 161984 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Jossey-Bass Publishers, 350 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA 94104 (800-956-7739). $30 plus $5 shipping and handling. Addresses the characteristics and needs of jailed and imprisoned parents and their children. Topics include the powerlessness of incarcerated parents in areas of authority and parent-child contact; the effects of parental incarceration on children, including post-traumatic stress disorder and an increased risk of delinquency; and care and placement of children with incarcerated parents. Also examines the legal issues that involve prisoners and their children, intervention programs, related policy issues, and the need for programs that enable incarcerated parents to retain their parental roles. SEX OFFENSES AND OFFENDERS Lawrence A. Greenfeld Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997. 33 pp. NCJ 163392 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Provides a comprehensive overview of the incidence and prevalence of violent victimization by sexual assault, the response of the justice system to such crimes, and the characteristics of those who commit sexual assault or rape. This report draws on more than two dozen statistical datasets maintained by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and data from the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Findings indicate that two-thirds of rape and sexual assault victims of imprisoned offenders were under the age of 18 and nearly 4 in 10 imprisoned violent sex offenders said their victims were 12 or younger. In addition, according to police-recorded incident data, 90 percent of children raped under the age of 12 knew the offender. Data also point to a sex offender who is more likely to be white and older (early 30s) than other violent offenders. ------------------------------ COURTS COMPENDIUM OF FEDERAL JUSTICE STATISTICS, 1994 Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997. 150 pp. NCJ 163063 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Offers national and district-level statistics describing investigations by U.S. Attorneys, prosecutions and declinations, pretrial releases and detentions, convictions and acquittals, sentencing, appeals, and corrections. Ninth in the annual series that began in the mid-1980s, this report also describes trends in the Federal criminal justice system. COORDINATING CRIMINAL AND JUVENILE COURT PROCEEDINGS IN CHILD MALTREATMENT CASES Debra Whitcomb, Education Development Center, Inc., and Mark Hardin, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law National Institute of Justice 1996. 4 pp. FS 000157 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Summarizes a National Institute of Justice-funded study on differences between criminal and juvenile court actions and the ways to protect children from harm when participating in court cases. This Research Preview highlights key findings, which include results of interviews with 103 criminal prosecutors and 59 attorneys representing child protection agencies. Results indicate that dual-court cases often proceed independently, many prosecutors could not name the child protection agency representative in juvenile court proceedings, and there appears to be a lack of cooperation between attorneys handling child abuse litigation in criminal and juvenile courts. FELONY SENTENCES IN STATE COURTS, 1994 Patrick A. Langan and Jodi M. Brown Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997. 17 pp. NCJ 163391 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Presents data from a nationally representative survey of 300 counties on national conviction and sentencing statistics. In 1994 about 872,000 men and women were convicted of a felony in State courts, down from about 890,000 in 1992. Of the 872,000 convicted felons, 45 percent were sentenced to prison, 26 percent to jail, and 29 percent to probation. This Bulletin also reports on 11 offense categories, displayed in 17 tables, and includes demographic information (sex, race, age) on adults convicted of a felony in 1994. ------------------------------ CRIME PREVENTION NORTHGLENN CRIME FREE MULTI-HOUSING PROGRAM: KEEPING ILLEGAL ACTIVITY OUT OF RENTAL PROPERTY Northglenn Police Department 1996. 136 pp. NCJ 163602 Available from NCJRS. Call or write for a copy. $18.60 United States, $24.99 Canada, and $24.35 other countries. Focuses on the actions landlords and property managers can take to prevent illegal activity from occurring on their rental property. Beginning with preparation of the property itself, this guide moves through the various steps in the process, from applicant screening and rental agreements, to ongoing management tips and warning signs of illegal activity, to eviction and working with the police. The guide, based on Portland, Oregon's, Landlord Training Program, also discusses basic information on drugs, gang activity, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 Program. COMMUNITY POLICING & PROBLEM SOLVING: STRATEGIES & PRACTICES Kenneth J. Peak and Ronald W. Glensor 1996. 461 pp. ACCN 161637 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Prentice Hall, Inc., 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 (800-526-0485). $55. Discusses a 15-year-old strategy used by law enforcement agencies for addressing crime and disorder -- community-oriented policing and problem solving (COPPS). Through case studies, the book details the experiences of law enforcement agencies in working toward reform. Also looks at changes taking place within society and their effect on policing efforts, compares traditional and community-oriented policing, and focuses on specific crime problems plaguing the Nation. EMERGENCY HOUSING: A SEARCH FOR QUICK SOLUTIONS Kitchell Corporation 1995. 100 pp. ACCN 163148 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Kitchell Corporation, 1707 East Highland, Suite 280, Phoenix, AZ 85016 (call 602-266-1970 or fax inquiries to 602-285-1210). $20 (make check or money order payable to Kitchell CEM). Assists agencies confronted with emergency inmate housing programs with data compiled from a survey of 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The handbook answers how fast new detention housing can be built, what the best building systems and materials are, and what other agencies have done. Designed to help agencies evaluate cost, schedule, design, construction, security, and maintenance issues that accompany an accelerated housing construction program, the handbook also offers information on both proprietary and conventional construction systems. NATIONAL PROCESS OF EVALUATION OF OPERATION WEED AND SEED Janice A. Roehl, Robert Huitt, Mary Ann Wycoff, Antony Pate, Donald Rebovich, and Ken Coyle National Institute of Justice 1996. 16 pp. NCJ 161624 Available free from NCJRS. Limited number of copies available. Call or write for a copy. Also available electronically. Summarizes the findings of a national evaluation conducted in 1993 on 19 cities awarded Weed and Seed grants. The authors' findings reveal that grant funds were used more often to support weeding efforts and community policing than seeding programs. This Research in Brief also presents an overview of how the project sites structured and operated their programs, including local management structure, enforcement strategies, and fund allocation, and discusses the implications of these 19 cities' efforts for the future. REVICTIMIZATION: REDUCING THE HEAT ON HOT VICTIMS Ken Pease and Gloria Laycock National Institute of Justice 1996. 5 pp. NCJ 162951 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Explains the importance of using crime victimization data on hot dots -- victims who repeatedly suffer crime -- in molding effective crime prevention strategies, particularly for high-crime areas or hot spots. This Research in Action draws primarily on data collected in the United Kingdom to illustrate how past crime victimization is a good predictor of subsequent victimization. Also discusses victimization-focused crime prevention, domestic violence hot dots, and the police response to repeat victimization. ------------------------------ CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH DELINQUENCY RESEARCH: AN APPRAISAL OF ANALYTIC METHODS Travis Hirschi and Hanan C. Selvin 1996. 307 pp. ACCN 162293 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. $21.95 paperback, plus shipping and handling. Discusses how to analyze survey data, critiques delinquency research, and presents original essays on methodology. First printed in 1967, this award-winning book is a basic guide for present and future studies of criminology. Divided into four parts, Delinquency Research addresses such topics as principles of causal analysis, the interaction of variables, shortcomings of tabular analysis, reliability and scaling, statistical inference, and multivariate analysis. Each of the 15 chapters ends with an annotated list of sources. The information covered in this book is relevant to sociologists, criminologists, scholars in the area of delinquency, and students interested in research methods. JUSTICE EXPENDITURE AND EMPLOYMENT EXTRACTS: 1993 DATA FROM THE ANNUAL SURVEYS GENERAL FINANCE AND EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS Sue A. Lindgren Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997. 104 pp. NCJ 163068 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Provides criminal justice expenditure, employment, and payroll data for 1993 and national trend data for 1980 to 1993 for Federal, State, and local governments for police protection, judicial and legal services, and corrections. It includes data by sector for State and large local governments. Findings are based on the Census Bureau's annual sample surveys of governmental finance and employment, modified to conform more closely to BJS definitions and classification schemes. Appendixes discuss differences between the data series, define terms, and present relative standard errors of the estimates in the report. MENTAL ILLNESS AND VIOLENT CRIME John Monahan, Ph.D., University of Virginia School of Law National Institute of Justice 1996. 4 pp. FS 000158 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Summarizes a presentation on possible links between mental disorder and violence. The seminar is based on a Risk Assessment study -- sponsored by the Research Network on Mental Health and the Law of the MacArthur Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health -- which is examining 1,000 mental patients released from acute care facilities in Massachusetts, Missouri, and Pennsylvania. The research team also is conducting a second study on 500 Pittsburgh residents to determine violence rates in the general population and assess whether risk factors associated with violence are the same as or different from the patient sample. Findings are expected to be available by mid-1997. A videotape of the seminar presentation is also available (ask for NCJ 156925). ------------------------------ DRUGS AND CRIME METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG ADULT ARRESTEES: FINDINGS FROM THE DRUG USE FORECASTING (DUF) PROGRAM Thomas E. Feucht, Ph.D., and Gabrielle M. Kyle National Institute of Justice 1996. 8 pp. NCJ 161842 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Discusses trends in methamphetamine use among adult arrestees, based on 1995 data from the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) program of the National Institute of Justice. Data collected from 23 major cities across the country, using EMITū and gas chromatography urinalysis techniques, reveal that methamphetamine use is higher in the West and Southwest. Additional key findings reported in this Research in Brief are based on the 1995 DUF Report on Adult and Juvenile Arrestees and include methamphetamine use by age, gender, and race, as well as rates for cities participating in the DUF program. ------------------------------ GRANTS/FUNDING THE EMERGENCY FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FACT SHEET Bureau of Justice Assistance 1996. 3 pp. FS 000034 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Provides information on assistance offered by the Federal Government to State and local governments stricken by unexpected law enforcement emergencies that overwhelm their capacities to respond. On October 12, 1984, the Emergency Federal Law Enforcement Assistance (EFLEA) Program was enacted into law as part of the Justice Assistance Act of 1984. The EFLEA Program is now administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Recent awards by EFLEA for extraordinary law enforcement emergencies include the following: Rodney King/Reginald Denny cases, Waco standoff, Gainesville Homicide Task Force, San Francisco earthquake, Hurricane Hugo, and the investigation into the suspicious deaths that occurred in the intensive care unit of the Vermillion County Hospital in Clinton, Indiana. This fact sheet provides information on eligibility requirements, application requirements, and program limitations. ------------------------------ JUVENILE JUSTICE BALANCING JUVENILE JUSTICE Susan Guarino-Ghezzi and Edward J. Loughran 1996. 222 pp. ACCN 161778 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Transaction Publishers, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. $29.95 clothbound, plus shipping and handling. Examines the suitability of current juvenile justice system practices, which were developed 30 years ago. Between 1988 and 1992, violent crime among juveniles rose 47 percent and juvenile murder rates climbed 51 percent. According to the authors, this increase in juvenile crime is due to the correctional practices of juvenile agencies, such as mingling violent and nonviolent juvenile offenders, overcrowding programs and facilities, and automatically waiving juvenile cases to adult courts. CREATING SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS: AN ACTION GUIDE Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, U.S. Department of Education Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice 1996. 134 pp. ACCN 163064 Not available from NCJRS. Order from the U.S. Department of Education (800-624-0100). Also available electronically through the NCJRS and Department of Education homepages. Contains action steps for schools, students, parents, community groups, and businesses, along with a series of information briefs on specific issues affecting school safety, including gun violence, truancy, uniforms, and drug testing of student athletes. Also includes appendixes on research and evaluation findings, resources, and related readings. JUVENILE JUSTICE REPORTS, 1995 Washington State Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee 1995. 211 pp. ACCN 161706 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Washington State Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, Olympia, WA 98504. Contact publisher for cost. Profiles the work of the Washington State Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (GJJAC). The report lists the projects funded in 1995 and the award amounts, identifies problems faced in 1995, and presents juvenile justice-related data. GJJAC, established in 1982, is responsible for developing and implementing a State plan that sets the priorities for awarding Federal funds and monitoring Washington's compliance with the Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. Containing 82 tables and 23 graphs, this report gives statistical information on juvenile offenders, school dropout rates, juvenile unemployment, and other topics. JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN NEBRASKA Michael Overton, Marilyn K. Keelan, and Jeffrey S. Golden Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Statistical Analysis Center 1997. 60 pp. ACCN 164033 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, Statistical Analysis Center, 301 Centennial Mall South, P.O. Box 94946, Lincoln, NE 68509 (402-471- 2194). Free. Presents statistics and narratives on juvenile offenders in Nebraska from 1976 to 1995. Since 1982 the number of juvenile arrests has increased 88 percent in Nebraska, bringing the issue of juvenile crime into the spotlight. This report presents general information on crime and how it is handled in Nebraska, with particular emphasis on juvenile crime. The information is structured by stages in the juvenile justice system: arrest, court petitions, holdings in jail, and detention. Statistical data are broken down into categories, such as violent crimes, simple assault, juvenile arrests by race, juvenile court referrals by offense type, and juveniles held in jails and lockups. JUVENILES IN THE FEDERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 1995 John Scalia Bureau of Justice Statistics 1997. 4 pp. NCJ 163066 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Describes juvenile offenders processed in the Federal criminal justice system, including the number charged with acts of delinquency, the offenses for which they were charged, the proportion adjudicated delinquent, and the sanctions imposed. Few juveniles are adjudicated in the Federal criminal justice system -- during 1995, 49 percent of the 468 juveniles referred to Federal prosecutors for investigation were declined further action. Almost half (47 percent) of juveniles adjudicated in the Federal courts during 1995 were charged with either a violent offense (32 percent) or a drug offense (15 percent). About a third (37 percent) of adjudicated delinquents were committed to a Federal correctional facility, and 61 percent of juvenile delinquents confined by the Federal Bureau of Prisons were Native Americans. OFFENDERS IN JUVENILE COURT, 1994 Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1996. 12 pp. NCJ 162423 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Profiles delinquency and status offense cases handled in juvenile court in 1994. This Juvenile Justice Bulletin provides a comparison of data from 1985, 1990, and 1994 juvenile court statistics. PEER JUSTICE AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT: AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE FOR TEEN COURT PROGRAMS National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice 1996. 285 pp. NCJ 162782 Available free from NCJRS. Limited number of copies available. Call or write for a copy. Also available electronically. Offers juvenile justice agencies baseline information to help them develop, implement, and enhance teen court programs as a viable alternative for juvenile offenders in their communities. Appendixes include model teen court programs, sample resources for program development and implementation, and sample volunteer and program evaluation resources. STATE CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1996. 7 pp. NCJ 163055 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Describes the criteria for Challenge Grant eligibility and delineates the 10 Challenge Activities set forth in the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. This Juvenile Justice Bulletin contains a graph and table to illustrate the nature of each State's selected Challenge Activities for fiscal year 1995. STATE RESPONSES TO SERIOUS AND VIOLENT JUVENILE CRIME Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1996. 61 pp. NCJ 161565 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Documents and analyzes national changes in the handling of serious and violent juvenile offenders from 1992 to 1995. Implications for policy and practice are offered as considerations for lawmakers and policymakers in this Research Report. ------------------------------ LAW ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REPORT OF THE GOOD O' BOYS ROUNDUP POLICY REVIEW U.S. Department of the Treasury 1996. 220 pp. ACCN 161652 Not Available from NCJRS. Order from U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington, DC 20402- 9328. $14. Focuses on the policy review that resulted from allegations of off-duty misconduct by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and other officers of Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies at an annual retreat in Tennessee known as the "Good O' Boys Roundup." The report examines existing departmental policy and lists recommendations for improving investigations into such allegations and preventing such behavior in the future. It also offers recommendations pertaining to discipline, hiring, training, evaluation of managers and supervisors, and responsibility for policy implementation. MEASURING WHAT MATTERS PART ONE: MEASURES OF CRIME, FEAR, AND DISORDER Thomas V. Brady National Institute of Justice and Policing Research Institute 1996. 16 pp. NCJ 162205 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Reports on the first of three 1-day sessions of the Policing Research Institute held on the challenges of assessing police performance. Police executives, researchers, community leaders, government officials, and journalists participated in a round of discussions convened by the National Institute of Justice in cooperation with the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. The first session's discussion summarized in this Research in Action concerns how to measure the amount of crime, disorder, and fear and its effects on the quality of community life. Look for Parts Two and Three of this series to come in 1997. The second will summarize a discussion of public perceptions of policing and the third will examine internal performance measurements of individual officers and departments. For more information on the Policing Research Institute see this issue's FYI section. UNDERSTANDING THE USE OF FORCE BY AND AGAINST THE POLICE Joel Garner, John Buchanan, Tom Schade, and John Hepburn National Institute of Justice 1996. 11 pp. NCJ 158614 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Provides information on how much physical force is used by the police and suspects in arrest situations in Phoenix, Arizona. The NIJ-sponsored study was designed to determine the characteristics of arrest situations, suspects, and officers associated with the use of force, as well as the amount of force actually used. Phoenix police officers were surveyed about the role of force in 1,585 adult custody arrests; in addition, 185 suspects were interviewed during the 2-week study conducted in June 1994. Results show that the police used some degree of force in approximately one of every five arrests and that when force was used by either group, it was typically at the low end of the severity scale. A Research in Progress videotape on this study is also available; ask for NCJ 159739. ------------------------------ REFERENCE AND STATISTICS INTERNET INVESTIGATIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE Cynthia B. Leshin 1997. 184 pp. ACCN 163494 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Prentice Hall, Inc., 1 Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 (800-526-0485). $14. Describes how to use the Internet and lists criminal justice-related World Wide Web (WWW) sites in an intuitive, user-friendly manner. Part One explains what the Internet is and describes how to use Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Microsoft Internet Explorer to participate in relay chats, send and receive e-mail, read newsgroups, and use WWW search tools. Part Two offers brief descriptions and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for WWW sites that are of interest to criminal justice professionals and students. ------------------------------ VICTIMS AFTER THE ROBBERY: CRISIS TO RESOLUTION United States Attorney's Office Eastern District of Wisconsin Office for Victims of Crime 1996. 20-minute VHS videotape. NCJ 162842 Not available from NCJRS. Order from the Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center (OVCRC) (800-627- 6872). Free. Assists bank robbery victims in examining and understanding emotional and physical responses to the robbery. This videotape encourages the use of victim services support and offers information on victim services. A companion guidebook, for managers of financial institutions and Victim Witness Coordinators, explains the services referred to in the video and is available from OVCRC or from your United States Attorney's Office. CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: IMPROVING INVESTIGATIONS AND PROTECTING VICTIMS Education Development Center, Inc., and Massachusetts Child Exploitation Network Office for Victims of Crime and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 1995. 60 pp. NCJ 153527 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Serves as a national prototype in guiding collaboration among Federal, State, and local agencies involved in investigating and prosecuting child sexual exploitation and in providing services to victims of these crimes. This "Blueprint for Action" discusses philosophies and general policies underlying the need for guidelines in child sexual exploitation cases, as well as Federal and State laws, roles and responsibilities of agencies in various jurisdictions, models for structuring an interagency approach, and guidelines for communication and coordination between criminal justice and victim assistance agencies. Also includes sample cases and sources for more information. LONG-TERM TRENDS IN CRIMINAL VICTIMIZATION, 1973-94 Michael R. Rand, Bureau of Justice Statistics James P. Lynch, American University David Cantor, Westat 1997. 6 pp. NCJ 163069 Available free from NCJRS. See order form. Also available electronically. Presents trend data for 1973-94 from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), including data collected both before and after a substantial methodological redesign that was implemented in 1992. Data collected prior to 1992 have been adjusted for this report to take into account methodological improvements introduced in the survey redesign. (The method used to adjust the data and the underlying assumptions for and limitations of the adjustment method are described.) The report describes the overall trends for the NCVS-measured crimes of rape, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, household burglary, theft and motor vehicle theft, as well as for homicide as measured by the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports. SCHOOL CRIME AND VIOLENCE: VICTIM'S RIGHTS James A. Rapp, Frank Carrington, and George Nicholson 1992. 138 pp. ACCN 161362 Not available from NCJRS. Order from National School Safety Center, Pepperdine University, 7311 Greenhaven Drive, Malibu, CA 90265 (805-373-9977). $15. Explains schools' legal responsibility to provide a safe environment for students and staff, the legal repercussions of failure to provide such an environment, and security measures to improve safety. Intended for all school levels, the book reviews the scope of the problem, the traditional emphasis on the rights of the perpetrator, and the tendency to ignore victims' rights. Also includes a number of legal cases addressing the right to safe schools, victims' rights, and other issues; and the responsibilities of schools, students, parents, and communities. WOMEN AT RISK: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WOMEN'S HEALTH Evan Stark and Anne Flitcraft 1996. 285 pp. ACCN 161219 Not available from NCJRS. Order from SAGE Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (805-499-0721). $22.95 plus shipping and handling. Explores theoretical perspectives on domestic violence as well as the health consequences of violence against women. Based on research that began in 1977, the book also considers clinical interventions and approaches for reducing the incidence of homicide, child abuse, substance abuse, and female suicide attempts associated with battering. It reviews research findings and the link between domestic violence and the medical community's response in social and historical contexts, and views the significance of domestic violence for women's health through three of its most extreme outcomes -- child abuse, female suicide, and homicide. WORKING WITH CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT: A PRIMER Vernon R. Wiehe 1996. 245 pp. ACCN 162294 Not available from NCJRS. Order from SAGE Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320 (805-499-0721). $19.95 plus shipping and handling. Discusses current information about child abuse and neglect and how it can be applied in intervention. It discusses the scope of child maltreatment and related fatalities and offers a historical and legal perspective to these issues. Case studies are used to illustrate various types of abuse and neglect. Includes information on intervention, interviewing techniques, strategies used in treating and preventing child abuse and neglect, and models for measuring treatment effectiveness. ------------------------------ VIOLENCE ASSESSING THE EXPOSURE OF URBAN YOUTH TO VIOLENCE National Institute of Justice 1996. 2 pp. FS 000159 Available free from NCJRS. Limited number of copies available. Call or write for a copy. Also available electronically. Summarizes a pilot study from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. This Research Preview discusses a new measurement tool developed in response to the limitations of currently used research methods. This tool gauges the impact of childhood exposure to multiple aspects of violence. In the study, 80 people ages 9 to 24 were asked about their exposure to 18 violent events. The subjects' exposure to violence varied with gender, neighborhood, and race, but was generally high: 88 percent reported seeing someone hit during their lifetime. These findings indicate that the new measurement tool is effective in eliciting relevant information from subjects. THE NEW ETHNIC MOBS: THE CHANGING FACE OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA William Kleinknecht 1996. 328 pp. ACCN 161216 Not available from NCJRS. Order from Simon & Shuster, 200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675 (800-223-2336). $24.50 U.S., $34.00 Canada, plus shipping and handling. Examines the rise of organized crime among certain ethnic groups and the subsequent decline of power among Italian crime groups. Based on more than 100 interviews with community leaders, law enforcement officials, social workers, and street sources, this book focuses on the impact of African-American, Chinese, Hispanic, Jamaican, Russian, and Vietnamese syndicates on the Nation's cities and suburbs. The author compares the crack-related turf wars between ethnic syndicates in the 1980s to the gang wars of the 1920s and describes crime groups' forays into white-collar crimes such as credit card fraud and computer chip theft as well as traditional rackets. THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT OF 1994: EVALUATION OF THE STOP BLOCK GRANTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Martha Burt, Lisa Newark, Mary Norris, Darryl Dyer, and Adele Harrell, The Urban Institute National Institute of Justice 1996. 52 pp. NCJ 162124 Not available from NCJRS. Order from the Urban Institute Paper Sales Office, P.O. Box 7273, Department C, Washington, DC, 20044 (202-857-8687). $5 plus shipping and handling. Also available electronically through the Urban Institute and NCJRS Web sites. Assesses the progress and accomplishments of the STOP Violence Against Women grants program under the 1994 Federal Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The grants program provides funds to assist State, tribal, and local governments in developing and strengthening law enforcement and prosecution strategies to combat violent crimes against women as well as in strengthening victim services for such cases. The report covers the grant program's first year of authorization, which was completed at the end of December 1995, and discusses violence against women prior to VAWA's passage. Specific topics include the background of VAWA, current statistics on violence against women, the Federal-level accomplishments of the program, State implementation issues, application processes, and the planned distribution of resources.