Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

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Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on March 1, 2010). The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file. Dissertation advisor: Dr. Martha Markward. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (D.Phil (Social Work))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Includes abstract in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

Law / LL.M.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 202-206).

Law / LL.M.

Chargés de mettre en œuvre la loi pénale contre les personnes soupçonnées d’infractions, les procureurs bénéficient traditionnellement d’un large pouvoir d’appréciation qui est en général encadré par la loi et par des instructions hiérarchiques que les procureurs doivent suivre lorsqu’ils prennent leurs décisions. Avec une analyse fondée sur des observations et des entretiens dans les systèmes français et anglo-gallois, cette étude comparative vise à comprendre comment les systèmes de justice pénale étudiés s’efforcent de combiner les nécessités du contrôle des autorités de poursuites dans des sociétés démocratiques modernes avec la souplesse et la réactivité nécessaires à l’application de la loi résultant de la marge d’appréciation laissée aux procureurs. Il existe actuellement peu d’études empiriques et systématiques du processus de décision des autorités de poursuites. Cette thèse montre qu’aucun des systèmes observés ne parvient à un équilibre satisfaisant entre le degré de responsabilité et le pouvoir de décision des procureurs. En France, bien que le contrôle démocratique et hiérarchique des procureurs soit bien développé en théorie, il reste limité en pratique, en raison en raison de la primauté du principe d’individualisation dans la culture juridique et du statut professionnel des procureurs comme magistrats indépendants. En Angleterre et au Pays de Galles, les procureurs font partie d’une structure particulièrement bureaucratique et centralisée qui impose une stricte uniformité des décisions de poursuites aux dépens du pouvoir de décision et de l’autonomie des procureurs dont le rôle se limite à des tâches simples et répétitives en raison de la segmentation de la procédure de poursuites. Cette structure autoritaire de contrôle, conjuguée à un équilibre historique des pouvoirs en faveur de la police, semble empêcher les procureurs de prendre des décisions qui pourraient être mal vues par leur hiérarchie ou la police. Enfin, le manque de ressources et une recherche constante d’efficacité dans chacun des systèmes juridiques étudiés ont produit une bureaucratisation de la procédure pénale, certaines tâches étant déléguées à du personnel peu qualifié et les affaires mineures étant expédiées le plus rapidement possible selon un traitement standardisé. / Tasked with enforcing the criminal law against suspected offenders, public prosecutors have traditionally enjoyed broad discretion, which is usually structured by legal and policy guidelines defining rules prosecutors should follow when making their decisions. Basing its analysis upon direct observations and interviews in the two jurisdictions under study, this comparative thesis endeavours to understand how the French and Anglo-Welsh criminal justice systems attempt to combine the necessities of accountability for public prosecution services in modern democratic societies with the flexibility and reactivity needed in the application of the law provided by prosecutorial discretion. There have been few systematic, empirical accounts of the decision-making process of these national prosecution services.This thesis argues that neither system observed achieves a satisfactory balance between accountability and discretion for public prosecutors. In France, although democratic and hierarchical accountability channels are well developed in theory, oversight is weak due to the primacy of the concept of ‘adaptation’ in the legal culture and the strong professional ethos of procureurs as independent judicial officers. In England and Wales, public prosecutors are part of a highly bureaucratic and centralised structure which strictly enforces consistency in prosecutorial decisions at the expense of much discretion and autonomy for individual prosecutors whose responsibility is limited to narrow and repetitive tasks due to the segmentation of the prosecution process. This overbearing accountability structure, coupled with a historical balance of power in favour of the police, appears to prevent prosecutors from making decisions perceived as unpopular with their hierarchy or the police. Finally, pressure on resources and a drive for efficiency in both jurisdictions have resulted in the bureaucratisation of the criminal justice process with part of the prosecution workload being delegated to unqualified staff and minor cases being processed as quickly as possible into a one-size-fits-all system.

Submitted by Cristiane Oliveira (cristiane.oliveira@fgv.br) on 2011-06-10T20:35:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 61080200035.pdf: 374766 bytes, checksum: 0ae6d2a483a2809afd04beab2862c95a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vera Lúcia Mourão(vera.mourao@fgv.br) on 2011-06-10T20:38:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 61080200035.pdf: 374766 bytes, checksum: 0ae6d2a483a2809afd04beab2862c95a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vera Lúcia Mourão(vera.mourao@fgv.br) on 2011-06-10T20:39:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 61080200035.pdf: 374766 bytes, checksum: 0ae6d2a483a2809afd04beab2862c95a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2011-06-10T21:37:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 61080200035.pdf: 374766 bytes, checksum: 0ae6d2a483a2809afd04beab2862c95a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-05-10 / The Brazilian Federal Constitution of 1988, following the tendency of former legislative innovations, conferred to the Brazilian Public Prosecution Service an important role on the defense of public interests, among them the right to education. This masters thesis, which identifies and analyzes efforts of the Public Prosecution Service of the state of São Paulo to handle this function, was guided by the hypotheses that the actions of the Public Prosecution Service of the state of São Paulo in questions related to the right to education (i) guarantee the expression of the less empowered population’s interests; and (ii) are guided by a specific institutional strategy of the Public Prosecution Service in this area. The collected data lead to the conclusion that the actions of the Public Prosecutors of the state of São Paulo for the guarantee of the right to education (i) are not guided by an institutional project specifically designed for this area; (ii) vary mostly according to their personal motivations; and (iii) even if they are not guided by an institutional project specifically designed for this area, they have given rise to discussions about the defense of the right to education at the Supreme Court. / A Constituição Federal de 1988, seguindo a tendência de inovações legislativas anteriores, conferiu ao Ministério Público um importante papel na defesa dos interesses sociais, entre eles o direito à educação. Este trabalho, que identifica e analisa ações do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo no exercício dessa função, foi norteado pelas seguintes hipóteses: (i) a atuação do Ministério Público na área do direito à educação ocorre no sentido de garantir a expressão de interesses de grupos desfavorecidos economicamente; (ii) essa atuação é guiada por uma política institucional específica do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo para a área do direito à educação. Os dados levantados permitem concluir que a atuação dos Promotores de Justiça do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo na defesa do direito à educação (i) não é guiada por um projeto institucional especificamente delineado para a área; (ii) varia principalmente de acordo com suas motivações pessoais; e (iii) embora não seja guiada por uma projeto institucional específico para a área do direito à educação, vem pautando as discussões no Supremo Tribunal Federal na defesa desse direito.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JeanMCL_DISSERT.pdf: 2412010 bytes, checksum: 55457ccc1b02e4c5384be1742ba70d5b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-09-27 / The goal of this research was to analyze the model of strategic management of the MPRN concerning the methodological guidelines presented by Balanced Scorecard. It is based in a theoretical referential which contemplates the themes, new public management, strategic management and Balanced Scorecard, focusing on applying the methodology in the public sector. This research is classified as descriptive and exploratory. According to the methods applied, it is a case study and, according to its approach, it is qualitative. The subjects of this research are members of the institution involved in the process of its strategic management. The data was collected by means of semi-structured interviews and document analysis, done by means of method content analysis. Concerning the goal of this research, it points out that the MPRN has not concluded the implantation cycle of Balanced Scorecard, furthermore, important flaws in the steps of organizational alingment have been identified, specially when it refers to communication policy, implementing incentive actions and focused training in developing competences. It yet reveals that the implantation of BSC has allowed the introduction of changes in the Institution dynamics to seek better results, however the MPRN has faced and has not adequately gotten over the same difficulties reported in various cases of BSC implantation in public organizations / A pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar o modelo de gest?o estrat?gica do MPRN a luz das diretrizes metodol?gicas apresentadas pelo Balanced Scorecard. Fundamentase em um referencial te?rico que contempla as tem?ticas, Nova Gest?o P?blica, Gest?o Estrat?gica e Balanced Scorecard com foco na aplica??o da metodologia no setor p?blico. Classifica-se como uma pesquisa descritiva e explorat?ria. Segundo os m?todos empregados ? um estudo de caso e quanto ? forma de abordagem ? qualitativa. Os sujeitos da pesquisa s?o integrantes da Institui??o envolvidos no processo de gest?o estrat?gica da Institui??o. Os dados foram coletados atrav?s de entrevista semiestruturadas e an?lise documental e a an?lise foi realizada por meio do m?todo de an?lise de conte?do. Em rela??o ao objetivo da pesquisa, o trabalho aponta que o MPRN n?o concluiu o ciclo de implanta??o do Balanced Scorecard, al?m disso, foram identificadas importantes falhas nas etapas de alinhamento organizacional, especialmente no que se refere ? pol?tica comunica??o, implanta??o de a??es de incentivos e treinamento com foco no desenvolvimento de compet?ncias. Releva, ainda, que a implanta??o do BSC permitiu introduzir mudan?as na din?mica da Institui??o em busca de melhores resultados, por?m o MPRN deparou-se e n?o superou adequadamente as mesmas dificuldades relatadas em v?rios casos de implanta??o do BSC em organiza??es p?blicas