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Crime Control: The Federal Response (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Sept. 24, 2001
Report Number IB90078
Authors Suzanne Cavanagh, Government Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Under the federal system in the United States, the states and localities traditionally have held the major responsibility for prevention and control of crime and maintenance of order. For most of the Republic's history, "police powers" in the broad sense were reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. Many still hold that view, but others see a string of court decisions in recent decades as providing the basis for a far more active federal role. Several bills are discussed in this report that address issues related to crime, juvenile justice, and school violence.