APA is leading a national Survivor Centered Diversion initiative funded by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Women charged with a crime are overwhelmingly survivors of violence and face significant unmet needs and legal issues that affect every aspect of their lives. Given the trauma and barriers that
UPDATE 2/24/23: ACCEPTING RESPONSES ON A ROLLING BASIS--QUESTIONS? EMAIL sasha.beatty@APAInc.org November 28, 2022 Dear Colleagues, Case backlog is a pressing, system-crippling criminal justice issue that is currently being experienced by many prosecutors’ offices across the country. Case backlogs can be the result of a variety of circumstances and, in order to diagnose these issues
The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) and Measures for Justice (MFJ) are working together on a Tableau Foundation data dashboard project. This project is largely focused on external public dashboards and has already resulted in the issuance of recommended guidelines for offices’ public dashboards, which you can find here. We recognize that similar work
New Study Finds Staffing Shortages, High Workloads and Low Compensation Among the Nation’s Largest Prosecutors’ Offices WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 22, 2021– Researchers at Lafayette College, in collaboration with the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA), have released a new study reporting findings from a survey of the nation’s largest prosecutors’ offices. Dr. Adam Biener,
Perceptions of Eyewitness Evidence Principal Researcher: Assistant Professor Laura Smalarz ASU School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Purpose: This study is being conducted by faculty from the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Arizona State University and Duke University School of Law. The purpose of this study is to understand how criminal prosecutors
Colleagues, please take the time to assist with this MacArthur Foundation-funded survey out of NC State. The purpose of this research study is to survey pretrial actors (e.g., judges, prosecutors, pretrial services staff) to understand the decisions they make about releasing versus detaining a person who is awaiting trial. If you agree to participate in
Dear colleagues, Please find a message from the University of Kansas Department of Political Science below. Hello, Your criminal justice jurisdiction is invited and requested to participate in an administrative survey on diversion program usage by local governments in the United States. The purpose of this study is to investigate the history and implementation of diversion programs,
Dear colleagues, Through TASC's Center for Health and Justice's work on the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program (COSSAP), TASC is pushing out a survey to the nation's deflection and pre-arrest diversion programs from law enforcement to fire to EMS, and of course inclusive of treatment, recovery, case management, service, and community
