Law Enforcement Assistance Administration

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The Law Enforcement Assistance Administration was a former U.S. federal agency within the Department of Justice that provided funding and support to state and local law enforcement and criminal justice programs in the 1960s–1980s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
criminal justice funding agency ⓘ
abbreviation LEAA ⓘ
abolishedDuring Reagan administration ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdBy Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
dissolved 1982 ⓘ
field criminal justice ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
public safety ⓘ
funded corrections programs ⓘ
court improvement programs ⓘ
criminal justice education programs ⓘ
criminal justice research projects ⓘ
local law enforcement agencies ⓘ
police training programs ⓘ
state law enforcement agencies ⓘ
hasRole criminal justice research funder ⓘ
grant-making agency ⓘ
policy development support agency ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalBasis Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ⓘ
legislatedBy United States Congress ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFor expanding federal role in criminal justice policy ⓘ
large-scale federal grants to local police departments ⓘ
promoting criminal justice standards and training ⓘ
parentAgency United States Department of Justice ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Justice ⓘ
purpose to improve criminal justice administration in the United States ⓘ
to provide financial assistance to state and local law enforcement ⓘ
to support crime control and prevention programs ⓘ
replacedBy Office of Justice Assistance, Research, and Statistics ⓘ
Office of Justice Programs ⓘ
shortName LEAA ⓘ
supported collection of national crime statistics and data ⓘ
development of state criminal justice planning agencies ⓘ
research on corrections and rehabilitation ⓘ
research on courts and sentencing ⓘ
research on policing ⓘ
timePeriod 1970s ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ
late 1960s ⓘ

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Office of Justice Programs → replaces → Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → shortName → LEAA ⓘ
linked to: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration → abbreviation → LEAA ⓘ
linked to: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → createdAgency → Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → createdAgency → Office of Law Enforcement Assistance (expanded and replaced) ⓘ
linked to: Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 → established → Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ
subject linked to: OCCSSA
Public Law 90-351 → creates → Law Enforcement Assistance Administration ⓘ