93 STAT. 1216
PUBLIC LAW 96-157—DEC. 27, 1979 "PART I—DEFINITIONS "DEFINITIONS
42 USC 3791.
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"SEC. 901. (a) As used in this title— "(1) 'criminal justice' means activities pertaining to crime prevention, control, or reduction, or the enforcement of the criminal law, including, but not limited to, police efforts to prevent, control, or reduce crime or to apprehend criminals, including juveniles, activities of courts having criminal jurisdiction, and related agencies (including but not limited to prosecutorial and defender services, juvenile delinquency agencies and pretrial service or release agencies), activities of corrections, probation, or parole authorities and related agencies assisting in the rehabilitation, supervision, and care of criminal offenders, and programs relating to the prevention, control, or reduction of narcotic addiction and juvenile delinquency; "(2) 'State' means any State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; "(3) 'unit of local government' means any city, county, township, town, borough, parish, village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State, an Indian tribe which performs law enforcement functions as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, or, for the purpose of assistance eligibility, any agency of the District of Columbia government or the United States Government performing law enforcement functions in and for the District of Columbia; "(4) 'construction' means the erection, acquisition, or expansion of new or existing buildings or other physical facilities, and the acquisition or installation of initial equipment therefor, but does not include renovation, repairs, or remodeling; "(5) 'combination' as applied to States or units of local government means any grouping or joining together of such States or units for the purpose of preparing, developing, or implementing a criminal justice program or project; "(6) 'public agency' means any State, unit of local government, combination of such States or units, or any department, agency, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing; "(7) 'correctional institution or facility' means any place for the confinement or rehabilitation of offenders or individuals charged with or convicted of criminal offenses; "(8) 'comprehensive', with respect to an application, means that the application must be based on a total and integrated analysis of the criminal justice problems, and that goals, priorities, and standards for methods, organization, and operation performance must be established in the application; "(9) 'criminal history information' includes records and related data, contained in an automated or manual criminal justice informational system, compiled by law enforcement agencies for the purpose of identifying criminal offenders and alleged offenders and maintaining as to such persons records of arrests, the nature and disposition of criminal charges, sentencing, confinement, rehabilitation, and release; "(10) 'evaluation' means the administration and conduct of studies and analyses to determine the impact and value of a
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