Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/921

 PUBLIC LAW 98-473—OCT. 12, 1984

98 STAT. 2081

zations or international agencies involved in criminal justice activities; "(4) provide for the development of technical assistance and training programs for State and local criminal justice agencies and foster local participation in such activities; "(5) encourage the targeting of State and local resources on efforts to reduce the incidence of violent crime and on programs relating to the apprehension and prosecution of repeat offenders; "(6) establish and carry on a specific and continuing program of cooperation with the States and units of local government designed to encourage and promote consultation and coordination concerning decisions made by the Bureau affecting State and local criminal justice priorities; and "(7) exercise such other powers and functions as may be vested in the Director pursuant to this title. "DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAM

"SEC. 403. (a) It is the purpose of this part to assist States and units of local government in carrying out specific programs which offer a high probability of improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, with special emphasis on violent crime and serious offenders. The Bureau is authorized to make grants under this part to States for the purpose of— "(1) providing community and neighborhood programs that enable citizens and police to undertake initiatives to prevent and control neighborhood crime; "(2) disrupting illicit commerce in stolen goods and property; "(3) combating arson; "(4) effectively investigating and bringing to trial white-collar crime, organized crime, public corruption crimes, and fraud against the Government; "(5) identifying criminal cases involving persons (including juvenile offenders) with a history of serious criminal conduct in order to expedite the processing of such cases and to improve court system management and sentencing practices and procedures in such cases; "(6) developing and implementing programs which provide assistance to jurors and witnesses, and assistance (other than compensation) to victims of crimes; "(7) providing alternatives to pretrial detention, jail, and prison for persons who pose no danger to the community; "(8) providing programs which identify and meet the needs of drug-dependent offenders; "(9) providing programs which alleviate prison and jail overcrowding and programs which identify existing State and Federal buildings suitable for prison use; "(10) providing training, management, and technical assistance to criminal justice personnel and determining appropriate prosecutorial and judicial personnel needs; "(11) providing prison industry projects designed to place inmates in a realistic working and training environment in which they will be enabled to acquire marketable skills and to make financial payments for restitution to their victims, for support of their own families, and for support of themselves in the institution;

42 USC 3743.

Grants.

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