THE PROCESSING OF MISDEMEANANT OFFENDERS WAS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF SEVEN PROGRAM COMPONENTS: POLICE CITATIONS, COURT SUMMONS, PRETRIAL RELEASE, SHORT FORM PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORTS, PROMIS (PROSECUTOR MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM), PROSECUTOR CASE SCREENING, AND SELECTED OFFENDER PROBATION. TO INSURE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF A LOWER COURTS PROGRAM INSTEAD OF A SERIES OF DISCRETE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES, AN EIGHTH PROGRAM COMPONENT WAS INSTITUATED REFERRED TO AS THE MASS CASE COORDINATOR. WORKING WITH THE DELAWARE POLICE CHIEFS' REGIONAL COUNCIL, THE MASS CASE COORDINATOR DEVELOPED AND DISTRIBUTED A UNIFORM CITATION TICKET FOR USE BY ALL POLICE AGENCIES IN THE STATE. THE COORDINATOR ALSO WORKED WITH COURTS AND POLICE TO DEVELOP ACCEPTABLE PROCEDURES FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUMMONS AND TO CONVINCE COURTS AND POLICE OF THE VALUE OF SUMMONS. COMPUTER TERMINALS WERE RENTED TO FACILITATE THE GENERATION OF PRETRIAL RELEASE INFORMATION AND SHORT FORM PRESENTENCE INVESTIGATION REPORTS. THE CASE SCREENING COMPONENT ALLOWED PERSONNEL TO IMPLEMENT SCREENING ACTIVITIES IN COURTS. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PROMIS WERE DESIGNED TO UPGRADE AND STREAMLINE FELONY PROCESSING. TWO PROBATION OFFICERS WERE FUNDED TO SUPERVISE AN EXCLUSIVELY MISDEMEANANT PROBATION CASELOAD AS AN ADJUNCT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. IN TERMS OF GENERAL SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT, PROMIS WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM COMPONENT. A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS APPENDED. (DP)