NCJ Number
122243
Journal
Ohio Northern University Law Review Volume: 14 Dated: (1987) Pages: 169-178
Date Published
1987
Length
10 pages
Annotation
The courts are meeting the challenge of technology and breaking new ground in creatively beginning innovative programs which may have wide and diverse implications for justice in the 21st century.
Abstract
The National Center for State Courts published in January of 1987, a listing of computer packages for court management, confirms that sweeping automation is taking place in almost every State in the nation. Although most programs vary in accordance with the type of court served, most contain basic information such as names of parties, judge assigned, listing of pleadings, status of case, and statistical data of pending cases, dispositions, and reports of docket. As States begin to enter the hi-tech world, each one has developed unique concepts and programs which assist in managing specific aspects of a certain court's operations. In New York State, there is a Unified Court System's Data-Processing Center which together with several other systems, directs the computer system throughout the State. The State of California implemented STATSCAN, a comprehensive automated data collection system which encompasses all areas of court data and management. In Iowa, plans are underway to develop a system that would incorporate into the system linkage of the judicial computer system with State agencies. These developments serve to increase the credibility of the justice system and also eliminate the burdensome "paper chase." 63 notes.