KENTUCKY - DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A STATEWIDE SURVEY OF COURT OPERATIONS, JUNE - NOVEMBER, 1975 - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

• NCJ Number: 39711
• Author(s): D SAARI; L SIEGEL
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 41 pages
• Contract Number(s): J-LEAA-043-72
• Corporate Author: American University
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PURPOSE OF THE INVENTORY WAS TO COLLECT DATA RELEVANT TO BOTH THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED JUDICIAL SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A CLEAR CONCEPT OF ALL ASPECTS OF JUDICIAL BRANCH OPERATIONS IN THE STATE.

Abstract

OF PARTICULAR INTEREST WAS INFORMATION RELATING TO COURT WORKLOAD, EMPLOYEE, AND FINANCIAL MATTERS WHICH, AT THE TIME OF THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REQUEST, WAS SKETCHY AND INCOMPLETE. BASED ON 1980 POPULATION PROJECTIONS, FINANCIAL AND OTHER DATA, AND LEGAL ANALYSES OF THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED JUDICIAL SYSTEMS, A PRELIMINARY SURVEY DESIGN WAS PREPARED. THIS DESIGN PROVIDED FOR THE COUNTY TO BE USED AS THE BASIC DATA COLLECTION UNIT; A FIELD WORK FOCUS ON THE 20 LARGEST COUNTIES; SURVEY EMPHASIS ON JUDICIAL WORKLOAD, JUDICIAL MANPOWER, JUDICIAL SUPPORT MANPOWER, FINANCIAL DATA, SPACE AND FACILITY DATA, EQUIPMENT DATA, AND OTHER OPERATIONAL INFORMATION; AD CONTINUAL CROSSCHECKING OF DATA SERIES FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES FOR ACCURACY. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO PROPOSE METHODS OF ASSESSING THE STATUS OF THE STATE'S JUDICIAL FACILITIES AND TO PROVIDE OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE IN CONDUCTING THE STATEWIDE INVENTORY. APPENDED MATERIALS INCLUDE THE FORMS USED IN CONDUCTING THE INVENTORY AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS OF THE EXISTING AND PROPOSED COURT STRUCTURES....ELW