NCJ Number
18795
Date Published
1975
Length
43 pages
Annotation
THIS STUDY EXPLORES THE POTENTIAL FOR INCORPORATING CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES INTO A COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM, AND SPECIFIES A DESIGN FOR EVALUATING THIS SYSTEM.
Abstract
SECTION ONE DISCUSSES THE APPLICABILITY OF SIMULATION AND RELATED MODELS FOR THE STUDY OF THE USE OF COURT RESOURCES AND DELAY. PREVIOUS EFFORTS TO APPLY MODELING TECHNIQUES TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM ARE REVIEWED, AND THREE COMPUTERIZED COURT SYSTEM MODELS DEVELOPED FOR OTHER LOCALITIES ARE ANALYZED, WITH DETAILED INFORMATION ON THEIR SCOPE, LIMITATIONS, AND COST. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL FOR THE LOCAL COURT SYSTEM, AND THE DATA ITEMS NECESSARY AS INPUT TO SUCH A MODEL ARE SPECIFIED. IN SECTION TWO, THE SPECIFICATIONS FOR A POSTIMPLEMENTATION EVALUATION DESIGN CAN BE FOUND. AN ECONOMIC MODEL FOR THE EVALUATION OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS IS DEVELOPED, WHICH CONSISTS OF GUIDELINES FOR BOTH A COST-BENEFIT AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS. FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING THE NECESSARY PREIMPLEMENTATION DATA ELEMENTS, ARE SPECIFIED ALONG WITH TECHNIQUES TO BE EMPLOYED AND A WORK PLAN FOR EFFECTING THE EVALUATION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)