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President
NATIONAL ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
FIGHT
INVEST
Sanford A. Newman
POLICE
Associate Directors
Philip Arreola
Chief, Tacoma, WA
CRIME
IN KIDS
Amy R. Dawson
Brendan J. Fitzsimons
Sherman Block
Elissa Rumsey
Sheriff, LA County, CA
William Bratton
Fmr. Commiss'r., NYC
Sam A. Cabral
President, Int'l Union of
Police Ass'ns, AFL-CIO
Gerald A. Cooper
Police Chiefs Say
Fmr. Chief, Evanston, IL
More Government Investments in Kids are
Dean M. Esserman
Chief, Metro North, NY
Key to Fighting Crime
Gilbert G. Gallegos
President, Fraternal
Order of Police
E. Douglas Hamilton
Chief, Louisville, KY
Survey Findings
Phil E. Keith
Chief, Knoxville, TN
R. Gil Kerlikowske
Attached are results from a poll conducted in July 1996 for Fight Crime:
Commissioner, Buffalo, NY
Talmadge N. Moore
Invest In Kids by the Northeastern University's Center for Criminal Justice
Chief, Ft. Wayne, IN
Policy Research, under the direction of Professor Jack McDevitt.
Charles A. Moose
Chief, Portland, OR
Patrick V. Murphy
The survey sought opinions of 780 police chiefs, including all chiefs from
Former Commiss'r, NYC,
DC, Detroit, Syracuse
cities with populations over 100,000, and a sample of 288 chiefs from cities
Dennis E. Nowicki
of less than 25,000, and 292 chiefs from cities of between 25,000 and
Chief, Charlotte-
Mecklenburg, NC
100,000. The response rate was 70% for a total of 548 surveys returned.
Nicholas Pastore
Chief, New Haven, CT
Matt L. Rodriguez
More than nine out of ten police chiefs (92%) agreed with the
Superintendent, Chicago, IL
statement "America could sharply reduce crime if government invested
Joseph Samuels
Chief, Oakland, CA
more in programs to help children and youth get a good start" by "fully
Darrel W. Stephens
funding Head Start for infants and toddlers, preventing child abuse,
Chief, St. Petersburg, FL
Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr.
providing parenting training for high-risk families, improving schools and
Sheriff, Arapahoe Co., CO
providing after school programs and mentoring." These results were
Donald H. Warshaw
Chief, Miami, FL
strikingly similar regardless of region or city size.
Robert S. Warshaw
Chief, Rochester, NY
Elizabeth M. Watson
Nine out of ten also agreed that "if America does not pay for greater
Chief, Austin, TX
investments in programs to help children and youth now, we will all pay
PROSECUTORS
far more later in crime, welfare, and other costs." Again, these results were
Ronald Earle
nearly identical regardless of city size.
District Atty., Travis Co., TX
Norman S. Early, Jr.
Former D.A., Denver, CO
When chiefs were asked to rank the long-term effectiveness of a number
Jack O'Malley
State's Atty., Cook Co., IL
of possible crime fighting approaches, "increasing investment in programs
Ralph C. Martin, II
that help all children and youth get a good start" was picked as "most
District Atty., Suffolk Co., MA
Elliot L. Richardson
effective" nearly four times as often as either "trying more juveniles as adults"
Former Attorney General
or even "hiring additional police officers."
and Secretary of HEW, of
Defense and of Commerce
Grant Woods
More detailed results available upon request.
Attorney General, AZ
CRIME SURVIVORS
Frances Davis
Fdr., Mothers of All Children
Ellen Halbert
Vice-Chair, Texas Board of
Criminal Justice
Carole Grant Hall
Director, Ginger Ridge
Residents' Initiative
Marc Klaas
Fdr., Klaas Fdn. for Children
Dennis Lees, Ph.D.
Mgr., Mental Health Clinic
Jean Lewis
President, Parents of
Murdered Children
Gordon Rondeau &
Elaine Rondeau
Founders, Action America:
Murder Must End Now
1334 G Street, NW
Suite B
Washington, DC 20005-3107
(202) 638-0690
Fax (202) 638-0673
E-mail: [email protected]
A project of the Action Against Crime and Violence Education Fund
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