PHILADELPHIA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM - A REPORT OF THE PHILADELPHIA JUSTICE CONSORTIUM APPOINTED DECEMBER 2, 1970, BY PRESIDENT JUDGE D DONALD JAMIESON

• NCJ Number: 15846
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 64 pages
• Corporate Author: Philadelphia Justice Consortium
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: REPRINTED FROM THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER, PHILADELPHIA, 1972.

Annotation

INCLUDES REPORTS ON CASE SCREENING AND FLOW, OFFENDER CONTROL, SENTENCING, PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, FINANCING, AND COURT PERSONNEL, TOGETHER WITH A CONSENSUS STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF THE CONSORTIUM.

Abstract

IT IS GENERALLY CONCLUDED THAT SPEEDY, FAIR JUSTICE IS NOT BEING PROVIDED, ALTHOUGH PRAISE IS OFFERRED FOR IMPROVEMENT AND INNOVATION THAT IS UNDERWAY. A CHIEF DEFICIENCY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A STRONG TENDENCY TO NEGLECT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE WHILE EACH PART OF THE SYSTEM COMPETES WITH OTHER SUBSYSTEMS FOR FUNDS AND ATTENTION. IMPROVEMENTS ARE SUGGESTED FOR LONG-RANGE PLANNING FOR THE SYSTEM AS A WHOLE, MANNING THE COURTS, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CASES IN THE SYSTEM, BAIL PROCEDURES, AND PROBATION AND CORRECTIONS. SUGGESTIONS FOR PROCEDURAL CHANGES IN CRIMINAL TRIALS ARE ALSO OFFERRED.