Abstract
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C., initiated a pilot community prosecution project in that city in 1996. This article describes this innovative program and examines the impact of this project on the prosecutors, police officers, and residents of the Fifth Police District in Northeast Washington, D.C. It describes the successes that can be achieved by including prosecutors in the partnership between the police and community.
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