EXPLORATORY STUDY OF THE PROBLEM OF COURT CONGESTION, WITH AN ATTITUDE STUDY OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES TO DETERMINE THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT MAJOR COURT REFORMS AS THE MEANS FOR ALLEVIATING COURT CONGESTION

• NCJ Number: 27492
• Author(s): M W MCCALPIN
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 74 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY THESIS

Annotation

THE AUTHOR HYPOTHESIZED THAT JUDGES' LENGTHS OF SERVICE, AGE, AND LOCALE (RURAL OR URBAN) WOULD ALL AFFECT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO ACCEPT CERTAIN COURT REFORMS.

Abstract

THE STUDY SAMPLE INCLUDED 59 CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. THE THREE VARIABLES USED IN THIS STUDY ALL PROVED TO BE NON-SIGNIFICANT. JUDGES' COMMENTS TO THE SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ARE SUMMARIZED.