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The National Center for Prosecution Management was a nonprofit established with LEAA funding in December 1971 through a National District Attorneys Association grant, with Joan E. Jacoby as its first Executive Director. 1971 Washington, D.C.
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The National Center for Prosecution Management (NCPM) was a nonprofit corporation established with LEAA funding in December 1971 through a grant to the National District Attorneys Association. Its mandate was to provide management and technical assistance to prosecutors nationwide, promote adoption of the PROMIS software system, and conduct research on prosecution practices and criminal justice administration.1

Founding and Leadership

LEAA provided an initial grant of $292,925 in December 1971 to establish the Center. Subsequent grants funded specific program areas: $68,675 in 1972 for technical manuals on case screening and paperwork flow, and $54,057 for a technical assistance program.2 The LEAA's fiscal 1972 report lists a $54,057 entry for the National District Attorney's Association under "Prosecutors technical assistance."1 In 1973 LEAA awarded the Center $528,365 in total: $296,462 for operations, $159,564 for four additional manuals, and $72,339 to expand technical assistance.2

In fiscal 1973 the Center had received about $1 million in grants through the National District Attorneys Association and had been in operation for less than two years, with a staff of 18 in Washington. The LEAA's fiscal 1973 report lists the National College of District Attorneys and the Institute for Court Management as sponsors alongside the association.3

Joan E. Jacoby, who had co-directed the original 1969 PROMIS design team, served as the Center's first Executive Director.24 James M. Etheridge, also a member of the original 1969 team, served as Deputy Director.24 Both worked closely with Charles R. Work, Bill Hamilton, and INSLAW to expand PROMIS implementation across the country.2 A transcript of the April 1973 hearing of a House Judiciary subcommittee identifies Jacoby as executive director of the Center, and the hearing's appendices carry manuals issued under her name as executive director.5

Executive Board

The Center's executive board was composed of leading figures from prosecutorial and judicial administration: Preston Trimble (District Attorney of Norman, Oklahoma); William Randall (County Attorney of St. Paul, Minnesota); James Garber (Chief of the Criminal Division, Wayne County, Michigan); Patrick Healy (Executive Director of the National District Attorneys Association, Chicago); George Van Hoomissen (Dean of the National College of District Attorneys, Houston); Ernest C. Friesen (Executive Director of the Institute for Court Management, Denver); and Judge Joseph Wapner (Superior Court, Los Angeles). Carol S. Vance (President of the National District Attorneys Association and District Attorney of Harris County, Texas) served as an ad hoc board member.2

Footnotes

  1. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1972, court improvement section (grant to the National District Attorney's Association for standards to measure the efficiency of prosecutors' offices through a new National Center for Prosecution Management), and the grant listing for the National District Attorney's Association entry "Prosecutors technical assistance" at $54,057. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/148302NCJRS.pdf ↩︎

  2. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report. House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992. ↩︎

  3. Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Annual Report, Fiscal Year 1973, section on prosecutors' offices (grants to the National Center for Prosecution Management and the National College of District Attorneys; the center funded by some $1 million in grants through the National District Attorneys Association, in operation less than two years, staff of 18, sponsored by the National College of District Attorneys and the Institute for Court Management as well as the association). https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/147380NCJRS.pdf ↩︎

  4. Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., System Overview and Report Formats for PROMIS (May 1971), note 1 to the passage on the design team, NCJ 32469. https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/32469NCJRS.pdf ↩︎

  5. U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee No. 5, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Hearings, Serial No. 4 (1973), statement of Patrick F. Healy, April 4, 1973 ("Joan E. Jacoby who is now the executive director of the National Center for Prosecution Management"), and appendix exhibits listing Joan E. Jacoby, Executive Director, National Center for Prosecution Management, 1900 L Street NW, Suite 701. https://archive.org/details/lawenforcementas00unit ↩︎