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U.S. Code > Title 42 > Chapter 46 > Subchapter II > § 3721 - Statement of purpose

(a) Establishment; general authority of Attorney General over
  Institute
  There is established within the Department of Justice, under the
general authority of the Attorney General, a National Institute of
Justice (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as the
"Institute").
(b) Director of Institute; appointment by President; authority;
  restrictions
  The Institute shall be headed by a Director appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
Director shall have had experience in justice research. The
Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant
Attorney General. The Director shall have final authority over all
grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the
Institute. The Director shall not engage in any other employment
than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any
office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or
institution with which the Institute makes any contract or other
arrangement under this chapter.
(c) Duties and functions
  The Institute is authorized to - 
    (1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or
  contracts with, public agencies, institutions of higher
  education, private organizations, or individuals to conduct
  research, demonstrations, or special projects pertaining to the
  purposes described in this subchapter, and provide technical
  assistance and training in support of tests, demonstrations, and
  special projects;
    (2) conduct or authorize multiyear and short-term research and
  development concerning the criminal and civil justice systems in
  an effort - 
      (A) to identify alternative programs for achieving system
    goals;
      (B) to provide more accurate information on the causes and
    correlates of crime;
      (C) to analyze the correlates of crime and juvenile
    delinquency and provide more accurate information on the causes
    and correlates of crime and juvenile delinquency;
      (D) to improve the functioning of the criminal justice
    system;
      (E) to develop new methods for the prevention and reduction
    of crime, including the development of programs to facilitate
    cooperation among the States and units of local government, the
    detection and apprehension of criminals, the expeditious,
    efficient, and fair disposition of criminal and juvenile
    delinquency cases, the improvement of police and minority
    relations, the conduct of research into the problems of victims
    and witnesses of crime, the feasibility and consequences of
    allowing victims to participate in criminal justice
    decisionmaking, the feasibility and desirability of adopting
    procedures and programs which increase the victim's
    participation in the criminal justice process, the reduction in
    the need to seek court resolution of civil disputes, and the
    development of adequate corrections facilities and effective
    programs of correction; and
      (F) to develop programs and projects to improve and expand
    the capacity of States and units of local government and
    combinations of such units, to detect, investigate, prosecute,
    and otherwise combat and prevent white-collar crime and public
    corruption, to improve and expand cooperation among the Federal
    Government, States, and units of local government in order to
    enhance the overall criminal justice system response to white-
    collar crime and public corruption, and to foster the creation
    and implementation of a comprehensive national strategy to
    prevent and combat white-collar crime and public corruption.

  In carrying out the provisions of this subsection, the Institute
  may request the assistance of both public and private research
  agencies;
    (3) evaluate the effectiveness, including cost effectiveness
  where practical, of projects or programs carried out under this
  chapter;
    (4) make recommendations for action which can be taken by
  Federal, State, and local governments and by private persons and
  organizations to improve and strengthen criminal and civil
  justice systems;
    (5) provide research fellowships and clinical internships and
  carry out programs of training and special workshops for the
  presentation and dissemination of information resulting from
  research, demonstrations, and special projects including those
  authorized by this subchapter;
    (6) collect and disseminate information obtained by the
  Institute or other Federal agencies, public agencies,
  institutions of higher education, and private organizations
  relating to the purposes of this subchapter;
    (7) serve as a national and international clearinghouse for the
  exchange of information with respect to the purposes of this
  subchapter;
    (8) after consultation with appropriate agencies and officials
  of States and units of local government, make recommendations for
  the designation of programs or projects which will be effective
  in improving the functioning of the criminal justice system, for
  funding as discretionary grants under subchapter V of this
  chapter;
    (9) encourage, assist, and serve in a consulting capacity to
  Federal, State, and local justice system agencies in the
  development, maintenance, and coordination of criminal and civil
  justice programs and services; and
    (10) research and development of tools and technologies
  relating to prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution
  of crime; and
    (11) support research, development, testing, training, and
  evaluation of tools and technology for Federal, State, and local
  law enforcement agencies.
(d) Criminal and civil justice research
  To insure that all criminal and civil justice research is carried
out in a coordinated manner, the Director is authorized to - 
    (1) utilize, with their consent, the services, equipment,
  personnel, information, and facilities of other Federal, State,
  local, and private agencies and instrumentalities with or without
  reimbursement therefor;
    (2) confer with and avail itself of the cooperation, services,
  records, and facilities of State or of municipal or other local
  agencies;
    (3) request such information, data, and reports from any
  Federal agency as may be required to carry out the purposes of
  this section, and the agencies shall provide such information to
  the Institute as required to carry out the purposes of this
  subchapter;
    (4) seek the cooperation of the judicial branches of Federal
  and State Government in coordinating civil and criminal justice
  research and development; and
    (5) exercise the powers and functions set out in subchapter
  VIII of this chapter.

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