SYSTEMS STUDY IN COURT DELAY - LEADICS LAW-ENGINEERING ANALYSIS OF DELAY IN COURT SYSTEMS V 1 - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• NCJ Number: 10832
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 46 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI 70-078-1; NI-70-078
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Notre Dame
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY THE CAUSES AND POSSIBLE CURES OF UNNECESSARY DELAY IN THE PROCESSING OF CRIMINAL CASES IN STATE COURTS.

Abstract

THE ANALYSIS UTILIZED BOTH ENGINEERING AND LEGAL SKILLS TO PRODUCE A MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE INDIANA CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEM AS IT OPERATES IN SOUTH BEND AND INDIANAPOLIS. THIS SIMULATION MODEL FACILITATES EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE SYSTEM WITHOUT ACTUALLY INCURRING ALL THE COSTS, BOTH HUMAN AND FINANCIAL, WHICH USUALLY MAKE SUCH EXPERIMENTATION PROHIBITIVE. ALTHOUGH THE STUDY WAS AIMED AT TWO PARTICULAR COURTS, SOME OF THE PROBLEMS RAISED AND TENTATIVELY ANSWERED WILL APPLY, WITH MODIFICATION, TO OTHER COURT SYSTEMS. THE SIMULATION PROGRAM, IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD PROVE VALUABLE ELSEWHERE. THIS DOCUMENT, VOLUME ONE, CONTAINS AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT. VOLUME TWO (PB 214 596, $3.00) IS A LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF DELAY IN THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AVOIDING SUCH DELAY. VOLUME THREE (PB 214 597, $6.00) PRESENTS AN ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF COURT DELAY BY USING MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND VOLUME FOUR (PB 214 598, $3.00) CONTAINS CODING PROCEDURES, TIME DISTRIBUTORS, AND A SIMULATION MODEL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT) (SNI ABSTRACT)