The Prosecutor's Crime Analyst: An Essential Employee

Crime analysts are essential staff for a modern prosecutor’s office. The need for this unique position is driven by the explosion of digital evidence used in the investigation and prosecution of criminal matters.

Crime analysts are 21 st Century detectives whose expertise is a critical complement to the traditional law enforcement capabilities of the police.

This paper focuses on the role of a crime analyst in a prosecutor’s office.

The Prosecutor's Crime Analyst: An Essential Employee - (PDF)

Additional Publications

Investigating Violent Crime, The Prosecutors Role - Lessons Learned from the Field, Kris Hamann and John Delaney (PDF)

Triage of Forensic Evidence Testing (PDF)

Advancing Prosecutorial Effectiveness and Fairness through Data and Innovation (PDF)

Prosecutorial Attitudes, Perspectives, and Priorities: Insights from the Inside (PDF)

Reducing Gun Violence: Strategies for Prosecutors, Association of Prosecuting Attorneys and Justice Programs Office School of Public Affairs (PDF)

 

Basic Trial Techniques for Prosecutors, American Prosecutors Research Institute (PDF)

 

Free to Tell the Truth- Preventing and Combating Intimidation in Court: A Pennsylvania Bench Book, Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PDF)

Resource Links

Perkins vs Illinois and Los Angeles Co’s Perkins Ruling Operation (Website)

UK Forensic Science Regulator (Website)

NIJ Forensic Information Data Exchange (Website)