NEW MEXICO - SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT - CRIMINAL DIVISION - ADMINISTRATIVE AND RECORDS IMPROVEMENT EVALUATION REPORT

• NCJ Number: 26543
• Author(s): W V NIEDERBERGER; R J WIRTH
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 29 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-DF-06-0047
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: New Mexico Second Judicial District Court
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROJECT DESIGNED TO MODERNIZE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES BY IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM INVOLVING MICROFILM STORAGE OF CLOSED CASE FILE DATA AND COMPUTERIZED RETRIEVAL OF STATISTICAL DATA.

Abstract

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES (SUCH AS JURY SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION AND APPOINTMENT OF INDIGENT DEFENSE COUNSEL) WERE ALSO TO BE STREAMLINED. THE METHODOLOGY USED TO ANALYZE THE PROJECT INVOLVED THE COLLECTION OF BEFORE AND AFTER DATA, INTERVIEWS OF PERSONNEL, PHYSICAL 'WALK THROUGH', AND ON-SITE DEMONSTRATION. EVALUATORS CONCLUDED THAT PROJECT GOALS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED, GREATER EFFICIENCY AND COORDINATION HAD BEEN ATTAINED, AND THE FOUNDATIONS FOR STATISTICAL REPORTING AND ANALYSIS HAD BEEN LAID. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)