The policy dilemma federal crime policy and the law enforcement assistance administration 1968 1978 by 1968 the great society had come under intense criticism for investing large amounts of federal money in programs and policies which did not work many of those programs and policies were enacted without designing or requiring regular . The policy dilemma federal crime policy and the law enforcement assistance administration 1968 1978 1980 o malcolm m feeley is the claire sanders clements deans chair professor of law at the university of california berkeley. Policy dilemma federal crime policy and the law enforcement assistance administration 1968 1978. The law enforcement assistance administration leaa was a us federal agency established pursuant to the omnibus crime control and safe streets act of 1968 it was a part of the us department of justice the leaa was responsible for administering the federal funding to state and local law enforcement agencies. The policy dilemma federal crime policy and the law enforcement assistance administration minneapolis university of minnesota press 1980 finckemauer james o crime as a national political issue 1964 76 from law and order to domestic tranquility crime and delinquency 24 1978 13 27 friedman lawrence