EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY AND EFFICACY OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN PROSECUTION AND THEIR APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY PROSECUTION

The identification of prosecution goals and outcomes by the Prosecution Study for the 21st Century was completed in a previous grant. This new grant will take the next critical step in developing strategies for implementing prosecution performance measures developed in the first study and testing them in a community prosecution site to determine the operational validity of the measures. The goal of the study is to explore the value of the measures , their application in an operational setting, and their ability to capture critical information on the evolving practice of community prosecution. The study will provide a refined measurement framework and guidance on implementing and improving prosecution practices.