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Reference Manual for the Public Prosecutor of the Metropolitan Center of Investigations and Complaints

NCJ Number
159105
Date Published
1991
Length
500 pages
Annotation
The manual offers comprehensive insight into the public prosecutor office activities in Puerto Rico, particularly regarding investigations, complaints, foreign nationals, and juveniles.
Abstract
The document also covers legislation and sentencing alternatives, includes copies of actual Puerto Rican laws on victim, witness, and perpetrator rights as well as juvenile justice processing concerns and legal information. Step-by-step instructions for criminal action investigation are also given. Two actual cases are described.