PRIMARY SOURCE DESCRIPTION OF IMPACT CITY FELONY COURTS PRIOR TO PROGRAM INITIATION - HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM

• NCJ Number: 36118
• Author(s): W S L MOY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 97 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-028-75
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice; Mitre Corporation
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT PROFILING THE CONDITIONS OF THE FELONY COURTS IN THE IMPACT CITIES AS THEY EXISTED BEFORE THE HIGH IMPACT ANTI-CRIME PROGRAM WAS INITIATED IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THEM AND RELATING THESE TO PROGRAMS SELECTED.

Abstract

THE ANALYSIS OF DATA ON DISPOSITION TIME, PROSECUTION AND CONVICTION RATES, DISPOSITION PATTERNS, AND CASELOADS PROVIDES A CONTEXT FOR ASSESSING THE OUTCOMES OF THE COURT PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONS OF THE OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL COURT PROGRAMS ARE INCLUDED. AN APPENDIX CONTAINS SPEEDY TRIAL RULES AFFECTING FELONY COURTS IN IMPACT CITIES.