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James M. Etheridge served as assistant director for computer systems in the Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia during the original 1969 PROMIS design effort, became acting director of that office in 1970, and served as Deputy Director of the National Center for Prosecution Management from 1974. |
James M. Etheridge served as assistant director for computer systems in the Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia during the 1969 effort that produced the PROMIS. The team was co-directed by Joan E. Jacoby and Charles R. Work, with Bill Hamilton as project manager at Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. Etheridge wrote a 1969 paper, "Design and Development of a Criminal Justice Information and Analysis System in Washington, D.C.," published in the Urban and Regional Information Systems Proceedings, documenting the project.1
In 1970, Etheridge served as acting director of the Office of Crime Analysis. By 1974, he was Deputy Director of the National Center for Prosecution Management, working alongside Executive Director Joan E. Jacoby to expand PROMIS adoption and statistical tools in prosecutor's offices nationwide.2