Location: Washington, D.C.
Attending: Louisiana, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), US Department of Justice, Washington DC US Attorneys Office, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Attending: Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, National District Attorneys Association (NDAA), Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), Department of Justice, Washington DC US Attorneys Office, Bureau of Justice Assistance.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Location: Washington, D.C.
Attending: Arizona, Bureau of Justice Assistance, California, Colorado, Department of Justice, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia
Location: Washington, D.C.
Attending: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Utah, Vermont, Washington
Authors: PCE and Sarah Solano Geisler
Innovative programs described in these state-level papers funded by the DOJ’s Office of Justice Programs are newly developed initiatives undertaken by an office in keeping with its unique resources and the needs of its community. We seek to highlight those offices that are embracing their new role by working within their capacity to bring effective and proactive programs to their communities.
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Author: PCE
The Vera Institute of Justice hosted a webinar about the resources and objectives of the Serving Safely National Initiative to Enhance Policing for Persons with Mental Illnesses and Developmental Disabilities. PCE is a partner on the initiative and works alongside Vera to provide training and technical assistance to prosecutor’s offices.
As the role of the modern prosecutor evolves, prevention tactics have become an increasingly prominent focus for prosecutors. As this shift from reactive to proactive emerges, prosecutors are faced with unlimited opportunities and challenges. Explore resources on programs and initiatives that can help prevent crime in your jurisdiction.
Author: PCE
Retail theft is one of the most common crimes that many jurisdictions face. See how offices across the country are utilizing unique collaborations to prevent these pervasive crimes.
On February 13, 2025, PCE hosted a webinar on Organized Retail Theft and the challenges and solutions associated.
Read MoreOn September 16, 2024 PCE and AE co-hosted a webinar with NYU Wagner Labor Initiative about Workplace Crime and Injustice, a sequel to our PCE Pop-Up: PCE Videos: How Prosecutors Help Fight Workplace Crimes and Injustice.
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Ramsey County Attorney’s Office, St. Paul MN
Learn how Ramsey County greatly reduced low-level equipment traffic stops and related racial disparities through a collaborative change process.
Union County Prosecutor’s Office, Elizabeth, NJ
The Union County Prosecutor’s Office partnered with local law enforcement agencies, organizations, and businesses to combat bias and hate crimes.
Office of the District Attorney, 21st Judicial District (Mesa County, CO)
The Colorado 21st Judicial District Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the local school district and Colorado Mesa University, has developed a program aimed at helping kids in potentially difficult situations before it escalates to legal trouble.
Read MoreOn October 18, 2022, PCE hosted part one of a series on how crime analysts can improve prosecutions. On September 29, 2023, PCE hosted part two of the series.
Read MoreOn September 15, 2023, PCE hosted a Pop-Up that discussed how prosecutors must ensure their offices have adequate cybersecurity and cyber preparedness.
Read MoreOn February 7, 2023 PCE hosted a Pop-Up on workplace crimes and injustice.
Read MoreBoulder County District Attorney’s Office, 20th Judicial District (Boulder, CO)
The Boulder County District Attorney’s Office (BCDA) has an Acute Response Team for Domestic Violence Incidents (DV ART) that employs a lethality assessment for every case within 24 hours.
Read MoreOffice of the Florida State Attorney, 8th Judicial District (Gainesville, FL)
The SAO8th has partnered with Technologies for Justice to harness sentencing data from the Florida Department of Corrections in order to provide prosecutors with information about average sentences imposed for similarly situated offenders.
Read MoreAuthors: PCE and Gaelin Bernstein
Read about the various essential tasks that a crime analyst can perform in a prosecutor office.
Mobile County District Attorney’s Office (Mobile, AL)
The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office (MCDA) has developed a program to combat bullying in local schools. BullyBlocker allows anyone to anonymously report bullying through text messaging.
Read MoreAuthors: Aequitas, RTI International, and PCE
Authors: PCE and Aequitas
Authors: PCE, DANY, Bronx DA’s Office, and Aequitas
Modern prosecutors no longer simply react to arrests, but instead they engage with their communities, learn about crime trends, and ask broader questions about how to fairly and effectively improve public safety.
Author: NDAA
To better address domestic violence, this guide provides strategies to prosecutors that increase victim safety and offender accountability and includes information on multi-agency collaborations and co-located service models such as family justice centers.
Office of the Licking County Prosecuting Attorney (Newark, OH)
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The LCPA is creating a Domestic Violence Unit (DVU) that will focus on vertical prosecution to hold offenders accountable and ensure community safety.
Read MoreSt. Paul City Attorney’s Office (St. Paul, MN)
The St. Paul City Attorney’s Office (SPCAO) created the “Gone on Arrival (GOA) Project” to address threat issues in domestic violence cases when the offender is not at the crime scene when law enforcement arrives.
Read MoreAuthors: PCE, NRTAC
This paper, developed by PCE’s Executive Director Kristine Hamann and St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office Chief of Trials Rachel Smith, addresses the critical question of how best to maximize the resources of a public forensic laboratory.
In order to help youth achieve better outcomes in life and prevent their involvement in the criminal justice system, prosecutor’s offices have engaged in commendable efforts to reduce truancy. Offices have created multi-disciplinary truancy-reduction programs at the high school and elementary school levels.
Read MoreAuthor(s): Kristine Hamann and John Delaney
Fifteen seasoned violent-crime prosecutors shared their ideas about how to improve the investigation of violent crimes at a meeting sponsored by BJA and DOJ. This paper shares an overview of the meeting discussion and the approaches and challenges faced by the jurisdictions at the meeting.
Author: PCE
An often difficult decision faced by prosecutors is whether to use evidence provided by a so-called jailhouse informant. Individuals, when incarcerated, may let their guard down with other inmates and speak freely about the crime with which they have been charged.
