PROMIS (PROSECUTOR'S MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM) FOR THE NONAUTOMATED OR SEMIAUTOMATED OFFICE

• NCJ Number: 36133
• Author(s): R H CAIN; J R OURS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 283 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-034-75
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: INSLAW
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS HANDBOOK DESCRIBES BOTH MANUAL AND SEMIAUTOMATED VERSIONS OF THE PROSECUTOR'S MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM (PROMIS) WHICH CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN MOST SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED PROSECUTION AGENCIES.

Abstract

THE VERSIONS OF PROMIS DESCRIBED IN THIS HANDBOOK ADDRESS THE SAME MANAGERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS FOR WHICH THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM WAS DESIGNED (I.E. PROSECUTION AGENCIES IN LARGE URBAN AREAS) BUT IN A FORMAT SUITABLE FOR INSTALLATION IN MOST SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED PROSECUTION AGENCIES. MANY CAPABILITIES OF THE AUTOMATED SYSTEM ARE ALSO FOUND IN THE MANUAL AND SEMIAUTOMATED VERSIONS OF PROMIS DESCRIBED IN THIS HANDBOOK. THEY INCLUDE: IMPROVED CASE ACCOUNTABILITY, RESEARCH DATA, OFFICE PERFORMANCE REPORTS, WITNESS MANAGEMENT, AND ASSIGNMENT OF CASE PRIORITIES. THIS DOCUMENT PROVIDES BOTH THE SYSTEM DESCRIPTIONS AND THE PROCEDURES STUDY GUIDANCE NEEDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MANUAL AND SEMIAUTOMATED VERSIONS OF PROMIS. WITH THE AID OF THIS PUBLICATION, ANY PROSECUTOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO CONDUCT OR PLAN AND MONITOR A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE MANAGERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES WITHIN HIS OFFICE AND, AT THE SAME TIME, DETERMINE WHAT FEATURES OF THE MANUAL OR SEMIAUTOMATED PROMIS SYSTEM HIS OFFICE MAY NEED. THIS HANDBOOK EXTENDS TO ALL PROSECUTION AGENCIES SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF PROMIS--CONCEPTS OF PROSECUTION MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION, MODEL FORMS AND PROCEDURES, PAPERWORK AND RECORD MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND RELATED INNOVATIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)