FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

• NCJ Number: 16472
• Author(s): J EISENSTEIN
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 18 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PAPER DELIVERED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION, WASHINGTON, DC, SEPTEMBER 2-7, 1968

Annotation

PROVIDES A TRANSITION BETWEEN CONSIDERATIONS OF APPROACH AND REPORTS OF ACTUAL FINDINGS ON THE DECISION OF THE ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS TO AUTHORIZE OR DECLINE PROSECUTION.

Abstract

THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR. HE DISCUSSES THE FORMAL DUTIES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE OFFICE, THE METHOD OF APPOINTMENT, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, AND INTERACTION WITH 'SIGNIFICANT OTHERS' IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS. HIS ANALYSIS OF THE STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT WHICH GREATLY EFFECTS THE PROSECUTOR'S CHARGING DECISION BEGINS WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FEDERAL PROSECUTOR, THE ASSISTANT UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. THE INTERACTION OF THE PROSECUTOR WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, JUDGES, INVESTIGATIVE AGENTS, AND OTHERS IS CONSIDERED IN DETAIL.