NCJ Number
179500
Date Published
1988
Length
33 pages
Annotation
This document features an article on improving court productivity and one on the Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) system. It also contains summaries of other articles on topics of interest to criminal justice professionals.
Abstract
The lead article describes how two counties in New Jersey reduced the enormous backlogs that plague courts of similar size elsewhere: Hudson County through procedural changes and Middlesex County through administrative changes. The second major article describes the National Institute of Justice’s Drug Use Forecasting system. The purpose of the system is to track drug use trends among urban defendants suspected of dangerous crimes. The document also contains summaries of articles on alternatives to institutionalization; courts; criminology; dispute resolution; institutional corrections (adult); juvenile justice system; law enforcement; offenses; reference and statistics; and technology/systems. Figures