National Prosecutors Survey, 1996

The National Survey of Prosecutors is a biennial survey of chief prosecutors in state court systems. A chief prosecutor is an official, usually locally elected and typically with the title of district attorney or county attorney, who is in charge of a prosecutorial district made up of one or more counties, and who conducts or supervises the prosecution of felony cases in a state court system. Prosecutors in courts of limited jurisdiction, such as municipal prosecutors, were not included in the survey. The survey's purpose was to obtain detailed descriptive information on prosecutors' offices, as well as information on their policies and practices. The data collection instrument was based on questions that were included in the NATIONAL PROSECUTORS SURVEY, 1994 (ICPSR 6785), and also added queries on topics of current concern. Variables cover staffing, workload, funding, what type of computer access the office had, whether the office was part of an integrated computerized system with other specific criminal agencies, the use of DNA evidence in plea negotiations of felony trials, which laboratories performed these DNA analyses, juvenile matters, and risks associated with the role of the prosecutor, such as threatening letters or calls, face-to-face assaults, or batter/assaults. The unit of analysis is the district office.

《全国检察官调查》（National Survey of Prosecutors）是一项针对州法院系统首席检察官的两年期调查。所谓首席检察官，通常经地方选举产生，一般冠以地区检察官或县检察官头衔，负责管理由一个或多个县组成的检察辖区，并主导或监督州法院系统内重罪案件的公诉工作。有限管辖权法院的检察官（如市政检察官）未纳入本次调查范围。本次调查旨在获取检察官办公室的详细描述性信息，以及其政策与实务相关资料。数据收集工具以1994年全国检察官调查（NATIONAL PROSECUTORS SURVEY, 1994，ICPSR 6785）中的问题为基础，并新增了针对当前热点议题的调研问题。调查变量涵盖人员配置、工作量、经费预算、办公室的计算机接入类型、该办公室是否与其他特定刑事机构构成集成化计算机系统、重罪审判认罪协商中DNA证据的使用情况、承担此类DNA分析的实验室、未成年人事务，以及检察官岗位面临的相关风险，如威胁性信件或来电、当面袭击、殴打/伤害行为。本次调查的分析单元为检察辖区办公室。