Community in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Attorney's Fifth District Pilot Project

U.S. Attorneys for D.C. have worked to respond to neighborhood public safety complaints, which often focus on neighborhood quality-of-life (QOL) complaints that intensified with the rise in street drug crime & associated problems of public order in the mid 1980s. A unique feature of the 5th District Pilot Project in D.C. was the assignment of trial attorneys to each police beat in that district who prosecuted serious cases involving drugs & violence & to address QOL concerns. This study: documents what the attorneys actually did; identifies & characterizes activities that appeared both effective & different from traditional practice; & suggests ways to assess the value of these activities. Tables.Boland, Barbara is the author of 'Community in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Attorney's Fifth District Pilot Project', published 2004 under ISBN 9780756721268 and ISBN 0756721261.