DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - SYSTEM OVERVIEW AND REPORT FORMATS FOR PROMIS (PROSECUTOR'S MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM) - A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM FOR THE US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE

• NCJ Number: 5151
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 104 pages
• Grant Number(s): DF-70-047
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Office of Crime Analysis
• Publication Format: Document

Annotation

CONTAINS A SYSTEM OVERVIEW OF PROMIS (PROSECUTOR'S MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM) AND A PRESENTATION OF ALL REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE SYSTEM.

Abstract

PROMIS WAS DEVELOPED UNDER CONTRACT TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT, OFFICE OF CRIME ANALYSIS, BY PEAT, MARWICK, MITCHELL & CO. IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE STAFFS OF THE OFFICE OF CRIME ANALYSIS AND THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE SYSTEM, FUNDED BY A GRANT FROM THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION, IS OPERATED BY THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. PROMIS HAS A TWOFOLD PURPOSE - TO ASSIST THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING OF CRIMINAL COURT CASES AND TO SERVE AS THE CRITICAL COMPONENT IN A LARGER SYSTEM KNOWN AS TRACE (TRACKING, RETRIEVAL, AND ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL EVENTS), WHICH PROVIDES A MEANS FOR TRACKING OFFENDERS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)