---
category: U.S. Government
created: 2024-04-26
location: Washington, D.C.
summary: The Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia was a DC government
  research unit whose Director, Joan E. Jacoby, co-led the 1969 team that commissioned
  and designed the PROMIS software under a $60,000 LEAA grant, and later administered
  the National Center for Prosecution Management.
tags:
- Organization
- PROMIS
- INSLAW
- DC Government
updated: 2026-05-01
---

The Office of Crime Analysis of the District of Columbia was a small governmental research and analysis unit operating within the DC government. It had no federal counterpart and appears to have operated primarily to support criminal justice planning and prosecution management for the District.

### Role in PROMIS Development

In 1969, the office administered the $60,000 LEAA grant (70-DF-047) to [Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co](/organizations/peat-marwick-mitchell-co/) that funded the design of the original [Prosecutor's Management Information System (PROMIS)](/programs/promis/) for the [DC U.S. Attorney's Office](/organizations/us-attorneys-office/). [Joan E. Jacoby](/people/joan-e-jacoby/), then Director of the office, co-directed the design team alongside [Charles R. Work](/people/charles-r-work/) (Deputy Chief of the Superior Court Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office), with [Bill Hamilton](/people/bill-hamilton/) of Peat Marwick serving as project manager. The resulting system was deployed January 1, 1971.[^1]

Jacoby remained Director of the office at least through 1972, overseeing early PROMIS operations and accompanying research. She subsequently became the first Executive Director of the [National Center for Prosecution Management](/organizations/national-center-for-prosecution-management/), a nonprofit established by the [Department of Justice](/organizations/department-of-justice/) with LEAA funding to provide technical assistance to prosecutors nationwide.[^2]

[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary. *The INSLAW Affair: Investigative Report.* House Report 102-857, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, September 10, 1992.
[^2]: Office of Justice Programs, National Criminal Justice Reference Service. "The Prosecutor's Charging Decision: A Policy Perspective." OJP Publication No. 35832. ojp.gov.