ABSTRACT
Within the context of the criminal justice system, a°liated organizations, and other a¡ected entities, similar interests of strategic decisions requiring ”nancial contemplations may be identi”ed. Such strategic elements consist of the erection and maintenance of prison facilities and police stations; the development and nurturing of community-oriented policing programs; and the development, integration, and use of regional information sharing networks and infrastructures. Again, each of these entities requires the rendering of human decisions that impacts the development, implementation, and maintenance of constructs that may survive for many generations. Again, each of these constructs also requires ”nancing with respect to varying, strategic periods of time.
