Criminal Justice Professions Development Act

Criminal Justice Professions Development Act - Authorizes the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to States and local governmental agencies and to institutions of higher education and private nonprofit organizations for the purpose of paying not more than 85 percent of the cost of establishing, staffing and operating regional crime and delinquency centers in various areas of the country.

Defines the term "crime and delinquency center" to mean a public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization which serves as: (a) a training institution for students and practitioners of criminal justice; (b) a centralized channel for the recruitment of criminal justice personnel in conjunction with Federal, State, and local criminal justice agencies; (c) a consultation center for criminal justice.

Provides academic assistance for corrections systems professional personnel for study in subjects related to correctional administration and rehabilitative services. Authorizes to be appropriated to carry out such a program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1972; $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1974; and $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1975.

States that the President shall appoint within ninety days after the enactment of this Act a National Advisory Council on Criminal Justice Professions Development for the purpose of reviewing the operations of this Act and of other Federal programs for the training and development of criminal justice professional personnel. Provides that the Council shall make an annual report of its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than January 31 of each calendar year. Authorizes to be appropriated the sum of $150,000 for fiscal year 1973 and the sum of $250,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

Provides that the Attorney General shall, from time to time, appraise existing and future personnel needs of the Nation in the field of criminal justice and the adequacy of the Nation's efforts to meet those needs.

Authorizes the Administration to make grants to or contracts with State or local criminal justice agencies, institutions of higher education or other public or nonprofit agencies for the purpose of encouraging persons to pursue a career in the field of criminal justice. Authorizes to be appropriated for this purpose the sum of $2,500,000 for fiscal year of 1973 and the sum of $5,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.

Authorizes the Administration to make grants to State and local corrections departments to assist them in the recruitment, employment and compensation of professional and paraprofessional personnel. Sets forth conditions under which applications for such grants shall be approved. Authorizes to be appropriated for such grants the sum of $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1973 and $20,000,000 for each of the two succeeding fiscal years.