NCJ Number
79823
Date Published
Unknown
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0 pages
Annotation
This videotape of a workshop session focuses on the court planning controversy, specifically (1) the current (1976) structure by which Federal suport has been provided to elements of the States' court systems and (2) the interrelationships that have been created between the courts and other elements of the criminal justice system as a result of the LEAA funding structure.
Abstract
Dean John Irving, Dean of Seton Hall University Law School, notes that the 1980's will be the decade for court reform because both internal and external pressures are mounting to improve the criminal justice system. He observes that the court planner enters the milieu of the natural conflict existing between the needs of the State planning agency (SPA), the courts, and the taxpayers. He states that court planners' main functions are to plan, fund, and correlate information. Dean Irving discussed the concept of using Federal money to upgrade State courts. Conflict is perceived because of the Federal and State mix, simplistic concepts relating to State courts, and LEAA's extraordinary contribution to State court planning. He recommends that each State court system create a judicial planning council, with staff and representation from various courts in the State, to solve the problems confronting the State courts. For other tapes of this workshop session, see NCJ 79822-79828.