NCJ Number
231664
Date Published
July 1995
Length
156 pages
Annotation
This report identifies and documents programs from 16 States that focus on innovative courts programs that improve the criminal justice system at the State and local levels.
Abstract
This report, prepared by the Justice Research and Statistics Association (JRSA), presents the results of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, State Reporting and Evaluation Program, State and Local Programs Working Meeting: Innovative Courts Programs held in 1995 in Portland, OR. The meeting brought together 16 States who have previously been or currently are involved in implementing and/or evaluating programs designed to improve the criminal justice system, specifically the court system. This report identifies State and local innovative court programs from the 16 represented States (Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Pennsylvania). The first section of the report presents a perspective on problems and solutions for the criminal justice system. The second section documents the State and local programs presented at the workshop.