COURTHOUSES AND COURTROOMS - SELECTED READINGS

• NCJ Number: 15019
• Author(s): J J ALFINI
• Editor(s): G R WINTERS
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 84 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A COLLECTION OF SEVENTEEN READINGS DEALING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AND MORE EFFICIENT COURTROOM AND COURTHOUSE DESIGNS.

Abstract

THE HISTORY AND THE PROBLEMS OF COURTROOM DESIGN ARE FIRST DESCRIBED, AND PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS WHICH A MODERN COURT FACILITY SHOULD MEET ARE PRESENTED. SEVERAL SELECTIONS ARE INCLUDED ON SPECIFIC COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION OR REMODELING PROJECTS, TO SHOW HOW AREAS SUCH AS JUDGE'S CHAMBERS, JUROR AND WITNESS WAITING AREAS, SPACE FOR CLERICAL PERSONNEL, AND CONFERENCE AREAS COME INTO PLAY IN PLANNING NEW COURT FACILITIES. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO TWO AREAS OF COURT FACILITY DESIGN WHICH ARE MOST OFTEN NEGLECTED - JUROR ACCOMMODATIONS AND FACILITIES FOR THE PRESS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)