NBP Publications
STUDYING CASELOADS AND WORKLOADS: BENEFITS FOR PROSECUTOR MANAGEMENT AND FUNDING
This paper continues the discussion from our previous paper, “Prosecutorial Work Not Included in Caseload Counts”. It dives into looking at additional methods for analyzing caseloads and workloads as well as how it can be used for management and how to seek financial support.
PROSECUTORIAL WORK NOT INCLUDED IN CASELOAD COUNTS
This paper lists tasks that need to be completed by prosecutors that are not reflected in caseload counts but are nevertheless essential to a modern prosecutor office.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PROSECUTOR CASELOADS AND THE CHALLENGES OF RESEARCH
This paper discusses the importance of understanding prosecutor caseloads and workloads, and the challenges researchers have faced in studying this issue.
NBP Caseloads Videos
Studying Caseloads and Case Weights from Homicide to Drugs – Hear from Prosecutors about Complex Cases
Legal, Evidentiary and Procedural Issues Take Time and Attention
NBP Caseloads Videos
Caseloads NBP Additional Materials
MATERIALS
Presentations
View Collecting Caseload Data Presentation (Karpel)
View Talking to Funders About Caseloads Presentation (Christensen)
View Caseload Study Methodology Presentation (Borakove)
View Importance of Studying Caseloads Presentation (Henderson)
Additional Resources
2019 – Clarification to An Examination of Prosecutorial Staff Budgets Caseloads and the Need for Change – In Search of a Standard– Texas State University – Center for Justice Research
2019 – An Examination of Prosecutorial Staff Budgets Caseloads and the Need for Change – In Search of a Standard – Texas State University – Center for Justice Research
2011 – The State (Never) Rests How Excessive Prosecutorial Caseloads Harm Criminal Defendants– Northwestern University School of Law – Law Review – Gershowitz and Killnger
2011 – Securing Reasonable Caseloads Ethics and Law in Public Defense – The American Bar Association – Lefstein
2002 – How Many Cases Should a Prosecutor Handle? – APRI – Borakov