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

• NCJ Number: 32469
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 108 pages
• Grant Number(s): DF-70-047
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Office of Crime Analysis; Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

INCLUDED IN THIS VOLUME ARE A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF ALL REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE SYSTEM - CALENDAR LISTS, SPECIAL PURPOSE LISTS, NOTIFICATION LISTS, AND NOTIFICATIONS.

Abstract

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. THE INTRODUCTION TO THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE BACKGROUND OF THE SYSTEM AND THE FIVE MAJOR FUNCTIONAL AREAS IN WHICH PROMIS IS INTENDED TO HELP THE PROSECUTOR ACHIEVE IMPROVEMENTS (RESOURCE ALLOCATION, OPERATIONAL PROCESSING, MANAGEMENT CONTROL, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS, AND INTERAGENCY COORDINATION). IT ALSO CONTAINS A PROCESS FLOW CHART WHICH DEPICTS THE OVERALL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MANUAL AND COMPUTER PROCESSING FOR PROMIS. THE APPENDIX CONSISTS OF BLOCK DIAGRAMS OF THE OVERALL PROCESSING OF PROMIS, SAMPLES OF THE SOURCE DOCUMENTS FROM WHICH DATA IS EXTRACTED FOR INPUT TO PROMIS, AND A DESCRIPTION OF PROMIS' FIVE DATA ENTRY (INPUT) FORMS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)