INFORMATION SYSTEMS REPORT ON WORKLOADS IN THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM - PROBLEMS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT

• NCJ Number: 39904
• Author(s): R G HOPKINSON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 31 pages
• Corporate Author: Canada Solicitor General
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

WORK LOAD DATA OBTAINED FOR THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM MODEL (THE CANJUS PROJECT) IS PRESENTED ALONG WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF WORK LOAD DATA.

Abstract

THE FIRST SECTION OF THE PAPER PROVIDES A SET OF CONSISTENT DEFINITIONS OF WORK LOADS FOR THE DIFFERENT SUBSYSTEMS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WHICH HELP MAKE CLEAR EXACTLY THE DATA WHICH IS BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE CANJUS MODEL. THE NEXT SECTION THEN DESCRIBES THE SET OF WORK LOADS (PARTICULARLY FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM) WHICH HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND THE ASSUMPTIONS AND DIFFICULTIES IN OBTAINING THESE WORK LOADS. TOGETHER WITH THESE DESCRIPTIONS OF PRESENT WORK LOADS OBTAINED, THERE IS A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FUTURE COLLECTION OF THESE WORK LOADS IN THE POLICE, COURT AND PENITENTIARY SYSTEMS, MADE AT A LATER TIME. THE LAST SECTION OF THE PAPER ALSO DESCRIBES THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ARE PLANNED FOR OBTAINING MORE WORK LOADS FOR THE BASIC CANJUS DESCRIPTION OF THE CANADIAN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...DMC