{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "In 1988, with funds from the Bureau of Justice Assistance\r\n(BJA) via the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1987, a multiagency task force,\r\nJurisdictions Unified for Drug Gang Enforcement (JUDGE), was created.\r\nSpearheaded by the San Diego County District Attorney's Office and\r\nrepresenting a unique blend of police officers, probation officers,\r\nand deputy district attorneys working together, the JUDGE program\r\ntargeted documented gang members also involved in drug use and\r\nsales. The task force incorporated an intensive supervision approach\r\nthat enforced conditions of probation and drug laws and provided\r\nvertical prosecution for probation violations and new offenses\r\ninvolving targeted offenders. This research project sought to address\r\nthe following research objectives: (1) to determine if the JUDGE\r\nprogram objectives were met during the grant period, (2) to assess the\r\nresults of program activities, such as surveillance, special\r\nenforcement, and vertical prosecution, in terms of probation\r\nviolations, arrests, pretrial custody, probation revocations,\r\nconvictions, and sentences, (3) to evaluate the impact of the program\r\non offenders as measured by recidivism and the need for probation\r\nintervention, (4) to assess the cost of JUDGE probation compared to\r\nregular probation caseloads, and (5) to provide recommendations\r\nregarding the implementation of similar programs in other\r\njurisdictions. This research project consisted of a process\r\nevaluation and an impact assessment that focused on the first two\r\nyears of the JUDGE program, when youthful offenders were the targets\r\n(1988 and 1989). The research effort focused only on new targets for\r\nwhom adequate records were maintained, yielding a study size of\r\n279. The tracking period for targets ended in 1992. For the impact\r\nassessment, the research was structured as a within-subjects design,\r\nwith the comparison focusing on target youths two years before the\r\nimplementation of JUDGE and the same group two years after being\r\ntargeted by JUDGE. Data were compiled on the juveniles' age at target,\r\nrace, sex, gang affiliation, type of target (gang member, drug\r\nhistory, and/or ward), status when targeted, and referrals to other\r\nagencies. Variables providing data on criminal histories include age\r\nat first contact/arrest, instant offense and disposition, highest\r\ncharges for each subsequent arrest that resulted in probation\r\nsupervision, drug charges, highest conviction charges, probation\r\nconditions before selection date and after JUDGE target, number of\r\ncontacts by probation and JUDGE staff, number of violations for each\r\nprobation condition and action taken, and new offenses during\r\nprobation. For the process evaluation, case outcome data were compared\r\nto project objectives to measure compliance in terms of program\r\nimplementation and results. Variables include number of violations for\r\neach probation condition and action taken, and number of failed drug\r\ntests. The consequences of increased probation supervision, including\r\nrevocation, sentences, custody time, and use of vertical prosecution,\r\nwere addressed by comparing the processing of cases prior to the\r\nimplementation of JUDGE to case processing after JUDGE targeting.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02022.v1", "title": "Assessment of a Multiagency Approach to Drug-Involved Gang Members in San Diego County, California, 1988-1992"}], "identifier": "2777", "issued": "2000-12-08T00:00:00", "keyword": ["case processing", "drug traffic", "drug use", "gang members", "gangs", "government agencies", "law enforcement", "program evaluation"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2002-03-05T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Assessment of a Multiagency Approach to Drug-Involved Gang Members in San Diego County, California, 1988-1992"}