Audio and Video Technologies in the Court - Will Their Time Ever Come?

• NCJ Number: 93743
• Journal: Justice System Journal Volume: 8 Issue: 3 Dated: (Winter 1983) Pages: 287-306
• Author(s): K L Shuart; L K E Olson
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 20 pages
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A variety of audio and video technologies have been available to the courts for several years. Despite the efforts of many within and outside the legal community, court usage of these technologies continues to be sporadic and limited.

Abstract

In an effort to explain current usage patterns and to predict future usage, we look at three technologies -- audio (or telephone) conferencing, closed-circuit transmissions, and videotape -- in terms of four key performance measures: time expenditure, volume of matters, administrative and procedural adjustments, and the nature of the equipment. These four criteria emerged during a four-year study on civil and criminal courts' applications of telephone conferencing, but also seemed relevant for understanding the use and adoption of the other technologies. (Publisher abstract)