NCJ Number
107457
Journal
Court Review Volume: 24 Issue: 7 Dated: (Spring 1987) Pages: 14-19
Date Published
1987
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Cost analysis helps court systems plan more accurately, budget more equitably, and improve management and control over programs and staff.
Abstract
It provides information needed to uncover wasteful and inefficient practices and to refine organization and resource allocation. A number of jurisdictions have used cost analyses to address different costing objectives and practices. In Bucks County, Pa., the court compared financial and time costs of 8- and 12-member juries. The Colorado Judicial Department uses a cost model to measure and control per-case costs in its district and county courts. The Los Angeles Superior Court (California) periodically computes costs by program category (e.g., criminal, civil, juvenile) and by agency (e.g., superior court, county clerk, public defender) using a system that includes both direct and indirect costs. 1 table.