In collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), AEquitas recently released the Prosecutors’ Guide for Reducing Violence and Building Safer Communities. The guide outlines ways for prosecutors’ offices to assess their strengths and weaknesses in the context of several critical elements to respond to and reduce violent crime, and provides sample policies and practices that may be implemented based on the prosecutors’ offices specific needs. Some of the critical elements include community engagement; collaboration with criminal justice partners; technology; analytics and intelligence; recruitment, training, and case assignment; resources and sustainability; and accountability.
This guide was created through the Innovative Prosecution Solutions (IPS) initiative, which BJA funds.