ADA COUNTY (ID) - DISTRICT COURT - ANALYSIS OF ELECTRONIC RECORDING IN THE MAGISTRATES DIVISION CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 39602
• Author(s): E H SHORT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 43 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-043-72
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DOCUMENTATION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO THE MAGISTRATES DIVISION OF THE COURT TO ASSESS THE FEASIBILITY OF USING ELECTRONIC RECORDING EQUIPMENT IN IDAHO'S FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

Abstract

IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE PROJECT GOALS, AN ONSITE VISIT WAS MADE OF THE ADA COUNTY MAGISTRATES' COURTROOMS, WHICH WERE EXAMINED FOR ACOUSTICAL QUALITIES AND EQUIPMENT PLACEMENT. EXISTING RECORDING EQUIPMENT WAS DOCUMENTED AND TESTED; DISTRICT JUDGES, MAGISTRATES, AND COURT PERSONNEL WERE INTERVIEWED; AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT VENDORS WERE CONTACTED. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT PRESENT METHODS OF COURT TRANSCRIPTION AND RECORDING ARE INCAPABLE OF PROVIDING PROMPT AND RELIABLE RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT AN ALTERNATE METHOD SHOULD BE PROVIDED. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS METHOD ARE MADE IN FOUR AREAS: EQUIPMENT, OPERATIONS, ACOUSTICS, AND TAPE STORAGE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...KAP