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From Quantity to Quality: Changing FBI Emphasis on Interstate Property Crimes

GGD-80-43 Published: May 08, 1980. Publicly Released: May 08, 1980.
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has recognized that with its limited resources it could never adequately investigate all crimes within its jurisdiction. Thus in 1975, the FBI implemented a quality over quantity concept in case workload to eliminate marginal investigations or matters not warranting Federal attention. To achieve its strategy of concentrating on quality cases, the FBI must rely on State and local police and prosecutors.

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