Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime

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The Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime was a U.S. Department of Justice advisory body convened in the early 1980s to study rising violent crime and recommend federal and state policy responses.

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instanceOf United States government task force
criminal justice policy advisory body
federal advisory committee
appliesToJurisdiction U.S. states
United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
convenedBy United States Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1980s
fieldOfWork criminal justice policy
federal–state criminal justice coordination
law enforcement policy
violent crime
hasMember criminal justice experts
federal officials
local law enforcement representatives
state officials
hasPurpose to recommend federal policy responses to violent crime
to recommend state policy responses to violent crime
to study rising violent crime in the United States
inception early 1980s
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
natureOfWork advisory and consultative
operatedBy United States Department of Justice
partOf United States Department of Justice
producedWork policy recommendations on violent crime
reports on violent crime trends and responses
reportsTo United States Attorney General
surface form: Attorney General of the United States
studiesTopic federal criminal law enforcement
intergovernmental cooperation in crime control
sentencing and incarceration policies for violent offenders
state and local criminal law enforcement
trends in violent crime
victim protection and assistance in violent crime cases
temporalFocus rise in violent crime in the United States in the late 1970s and early 1980s
usedFor guiding state and local responses to violent crime
informing federal criminal justice policy

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James Q. Wilson memberOf Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime
James Quinn Wilson memberOf Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime
subject surface form: James Q. Wilson