Use of Videotape in the Legal Environment - Annotated Bibliography

• NCJ Number: 75896
• Author(s): K Santoromoore C
• Date Published: 1979
• Length: 74 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77-BC-EO2-7543; 78-BC-EO2-8507; 79-BC-EO2-9483
• Sponsoring Agency: Ohio Dept of Economic and Community Development
• Corporate Author: Kent State University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Developed by the Communication and Law Project.

Annotation

Containing 268 references, this annotated legal videotape bibliography organizes by topic approximately 10 years of literature contained in legal, social science, and popular journals, case opinions, published and unpublished reports, and speeches and conference proceedings.

Abstract

Most references are concerned with the use of videotape for recording depositions, demonstrative evidence, prerecorded trials, and the document of record. Also included are references which treat applicable rules of procedure, particular cases, pilot videotape programs, the effects of videotape, mechanics of videotaping and other technological innovations, as well as proceedings of bar association meetings, workshops and conferences, and the reports of the Kent State University Communication and Law Project. (Author abstract modified)