Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement
Part G · Chapter 121 — Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement
§ 12241. Purpose
Statutory text
The purpose of this part is to evaluate the effectiveness of certain demonstration projects in helping to—
alleviate the harm to children and primary caretaker parents caused by separation due to the incarceration of the parents;
reduce recidivism rates of prisoners by encouraging strong and supportive family relationships; and
explore the cost effectiveness of community correctional facilities.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Family Unity Demonstration Project Act
Pub. L. 103–322 title III § 31902 · 108 Stat. 1796
Enacted · 34 U.S.C. § 12241
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31902, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1892.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 103–322, title III, § 31902, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1892.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 31902. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subtitle is to evaluate the effectiveness of certain demonstration projects in helping to— (1) alleviate the harm to children and primary caretaker parents caused by separation due to the incarceration of the parents; (2) reduce recidivism rates of prisoners by encouraging strong and supportive family relationships; and (3) explore the cost effectiveness of community correctional facilities.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 13881 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
For short title of subtitle S of title III of Pub. L. 103–322, which is classified to this part, as the “Family Unity Demonstration Project Act”, see section 31901 of Pub. L. 103–322, set out as a Short Title of 1994 Act note under section 10101 of this title.