NCJ Number
139112
Date Published
1991
Length
135 pages
Annotation
This volume reviews eight automated court systems that are in use across the country. The new technologies highlighted here include imaging, integrated criminal justice systems, an administrative budgeting system, voice response case scheduling, hand-held data-entry devices, and CD-ROM legal research.
Abstract
The traffic records imaging system used in Los Angeles integrates document-imaging technology with data-processing systems to support traffic citation processing. In Florida, the Criminal Justice Information System unites courts and criminal justice agencies in six counties with common hardware, software, procedures, and terminology. New York's Automated Budgeting System employs relational databases and spreadsheets. The Automated Telephone Calendaring System in place in Florida saves judicial assistants valuable time and helps in attorney court scheduling. The Washington Information Strategy Plan is a planning resource for judicial information system development. The Statewide Financial Information and Accounting System in Oregon tracks all financial transactions of every type of case. The Municipal Court Information System in California provides an interactive case record, tracking, and management system, while the Automated Citation Device Pilot Project provides the State Highway Patrol with hand-held computers to issue and file citations electronically. The Arkansas CD-ROM Legal Research Database has increased the effectiveness of legal research in the State's appellate courts.