Community prosecution tenets and practices: The relative mix of “community” and “prosecution”
Community prosecution encourage prosecutors to collaborate with constituents to mutually determine solutions to community problems. However, the potential exists for prosecutors to continue seeking their traditional goals of maximizing convictions while nominally working within a community-prosecuti...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2002
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American journal of criminal justice
Año: 2002, Volumen: 26, Número: 2, Páginas: 149-164 |
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| Sumario: | Community prosecution encourage prosecutors to collaborate with constituents to mutually determine solutions to community problems. However, the potential exists for prosecutors to continue seeking their traditional goals of maximizing convictions while nominally working within a community-prosecution framework. A random survey of 261 Georgia prosecutors helps to determine whether community-based prosecutors spend more time in community outreach and law enforcement coordination activities. The results show that attorney caseload measures correlate with time spent on community outreach and law enforcement. Being assigned to community prosecution or a specialized crime unit is not consistently related either of these activities. In short, consistent differences do not emerge between community-based and traditional prosecutors. |
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| ISSN: | 1936-1351 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/BF02887824 |