NCJ Number
173075
Date Published
1998
Length
156 pages
Annotation
This report presents tables and figures describing the caseloads, dispositions, and other aspects of the Illinois circuit, appellate, and supreme court during 1997, as well as 5-year trends for total caseloads and selected case categories.
Abstract
The statistics cover the ratio of cases to judges and population, the civil and criminal cases by county, juvenile cases by county, the time between case filings to the date of the verdict, and the felony dispositions and sentences by county. The data also indicate circuit clerk cost of operating by county, circuit clerk disbursement of funds by county, adult and juvenile probation, and juvenile placements. Further data cover the 5-year trends in the appellate and supreme courts of Illinois, caseload summaries by district, the method of case disposition, the time laps from the case or brief filing to disposition, and other topics. Tables and figures