Title: The changing role of the American prosecutor /
Authors: Worrall, John L.; Nugent-Borakove, M. Elaine, 1966-
Publisher: State University of New York Press,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Public prosecutors United States.; Prosecution United States Decision making.; Criminal procedure United States
Contents: Prosecution in America: A Historical and Comparative Account -- The State’s Role in Prosecutorial Politics -- Prosecution Policy and Errors of Justice -- Have Sentencing Reforms Displaced Discretion over Sentencing from Judges to Prosecutors? -- Performance Measures and Accountability -- Prosecutors and Treatment Diversion: The Brooklyn (NY) Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison Program -- Project Safe Neighborhoods and the Changing Role of the U.S. Attorney’s Office -- Anticipatory Prosecution in Terrorism-Related Cases -- Evolving Strategies in 20th-Century American Prosecution -- Community Prosecution: Rhetoric or Reality? -- Prosecutors in Problem-Solving Courts -- The Future of Local Prosecution in America.