ANALYSIS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS VIA STOCHASTIC NETWORK SIMULATION

• NCJ Number: 13284
• Author(s): G L HOGG; R E DEVOR
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: University of Illinois
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A NETWORK-BASED MODELING APPROACH TO BE USED AS A TOOL FOR THE PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR ITS COMPONENTS.

Abstract

A PROBABALISTIC NETWORK SIMULATOR, GERTS IIIQ, GRAPHICAL EVALUATION AND REVIEW TECHNIQUE), IS USED TO MODEL A UNIFIED CRIMINAL COURTS SYSTEM. IN ORDER TO TEST THE TRACTABILITY OF THIS MODELING APPROACH, SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND DATA FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IS ANALYZED VIA THE MODEL. THE MODEL IS THEN EVALUATED AS A TOOL FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM PLANNING AND CONTROL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)