NCJ Number
178405
Date Published
1997
Length
154 pages
Annotation
This guide identifies the core requirements of partnership efforts, provides examples to build on, outlines the potential impact, the most common obstacles and how they can be overcome.
Abstract
In order to cope with increasing caseloads, diminishing financial resources and community demands for more accountability and responsiveness, many jurisdictions have developed cooperative approaches, adjudication partnerships. The guidebook is divided into four sections: (1) What Is an Adjudication Partnership? (definition, range of different types, historical examples); (2) Critical Elements of an Adjudication Partnership; (3) Obstacles to Successful Cooperation and Potential Impact; and (4) Program Descriptions of Eight Successful Adjudication Partnership Programs, including jurisdiction profiles, the partnerships’ development and operation, how the programs manifested the critical elements, a list of accomplishments, the current status of the partnerships and their future activities. Notes, references, appendixes