REDUCING COURT DELAY

• NCJ Number: 9631
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 118 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-021-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Maryland
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: CRIMINAL JUSTICE MONOGRAPH SERIES - EXTRACTED FROM PROCEEDINGS OF FOURTH NATL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENF

Annotation

RESULTS OF STUDIES ON REDUCING COURT DELAY, WITH EMPHASIS ON CASE-SCHEDULING, HANDLING OF WITNESSES AND JURORS, AND ALTERNATIVE ADMINISTRATIVE STRATEGIES.

Abstract

FOLLOWING ONE OF THE MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT'S CRIME COMMISSION (1967), NUMEROUS STUDIES HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED TO ASSESS ALTERNATIVE MEANS TO REDUCE COURT DELAY. THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH, AND DISCUSSES THE EMERGING PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO REDUCE DELAY. THE MONOGRAPH INCLUDES THREE PAPERS - 'EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND THE PROBLEM OF COURT DELAY,' 'SIMULATION OF A CRIMINAL COURT CASE PROCESSING SYSTEM,' AND 'A STUDY OF JUROR UTILIZATION.' THIS PUBLICATION IS ONE OF A SERIES OF NINE MONOGRAPHS EXTRACTED FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE FOURTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HELD ON MAY 1-3, 1972, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (SNI ABSTRACT)