Federal Crime Control : Background, Legislation, and Issues.

Provides background on Federal role in crime control. Reviews crime-related issues and legislation introduced and/or enacted with respect to DNA testing for criminal investigations, post-conviction DNA testing, Department of Justice (DOJ) reauthorization, sex offenders, prison legislation, youth gan...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Courts. Crime. Firearms. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Provides background on Federal role in crime control. Reviews crime-related issues and legislation introduced and/or enacted with respect to DNA testing for criminal investigations, post-conviction DNA testing, Department of Justice (DOJ) reauthorization, sex offenders, prison legislation, youth gangs, court security, and hate crimes. Examines issues for Congress regarding Federal sentencing structure, minimum sentencing, Federal habeas corpus, gun control, and crime victims rights. Summarizes funding trends for select DOJ grant programs, and lists selected crime-related legislation enacted in the 108th Congress.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.