Improving Prosecution: The Inducement and Implementation of Innovations for Prosecution Management

"Professor Weimer's penetrating analysis shows why case management information systems have only partially fulfilled their promise. More broadly, he demonstrates why policy analysts, in forecasting the feasibility of management innovations, must carefully assess their impact on organizational processes and incentives. Improving Prosecution should therefore be read not only by specialists in criminal justice policy but also by those concerned generally with improving public management."-Arnold M. Howitt, Harvard University ?Professor Weimer's penetrating analysis shows why case management information systems have only partially fulfilled their promise. More broadly, he demonstrates why policy analysts, in forecasting the feasibility of management innovations, must carefully assess their impact on organizational processes and incentives. Improving Prosecution should therefore be read not only by specialists in criminal justice policy but also by those concerned generally with improving public management.?-Arnold M. Howitt, Harvard University