WASHINGTON STATE DEFENDER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: AN EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 142916
• Author(s): P M Moran
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 97 pages
• Grant Number(s): 93-DB-CX-0053
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation

Annotation

The program established to provide training, consultation, and other technical assistance to public defenders in Washington State was evaluated using information from interviews with the executive director of the Washington Defenders Association, a review of quarterly activity reports, and a survey that received responses from 210 of the 657 organizations and individuals who were members of the association.

Abstract

The program was funded by the Department of Justice in 1988, discontinued for 3 years, and funded again in 1992. The results of the evaluation indicated support for the program, the need for greater awareness of the consultation service the program offers to attorneys, the need to assess training needs of both public and private attorneys, a greater effort to solicit relevant legal briefs for the brief bank, and the inclusion of certain revisions in the recently-distributed Drug Defense Manual. Figures, tables, and appended survey instrument and program materials