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CHALMETTE (LA) - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING CASE PROCESSING IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT (ST.BERNARD PARISH) - CRIMINAL COURTS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT

NCJ Number
39791
Author(s)
S A FRIEDMAN; M W FOOTE
Date Published
1974
Length
47 pages
Annotation
DOCUMENTATION OF A 1974 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DISTRICT'S CASE DISPOSITION SYSTEM.
Abstract
THE COURT'S EXISTING SITUATION WAS ANALYZED DURING AN ONSITE VISIT, AND FACTORS UNIQUE TO THE TWENTY-FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ARE PRESENTED IN THE REPORT. TWO JUDGES IN THE ST. BERNARD PARISH, TO WHICH THIS REPORT REFERS, SERVE A POPULATION OF 60,000. THE PROJECT TEAM CONCLUDED THAT IN ORDER FOR AN EFFECTIVE SYSTEM OF CONTROL, SUPERVISION, AND DISPOSITION OF CASELOADS TO EXIST, CASE ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH JUDGE SHOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE JUDGE, HIMSELF. IN ORDER FOR THIS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED, THE CONSULTANTS BELIEVE IT NECESSARY THAT THE COURT PERSONNEL FOR THE JUDGES BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THEM UNDER THEIR DIRECT SUPERVISION. THEY ALSO DEEM IT MOST IMPORTANT FOR THERE TO BE AN ADEQUATE STAFF SO THAT JUDGES ARE ABLE TO ASSIGN ADMINISTRATIVE TASKS TO SUBORDINATES, FREEING THEIR TIME FOR THE FUNCTION OF ADJUDICATION AND DISPOSITION OF CASES, FOR RESEARCH, AND FOR FULL PERFORMANCE OF JUDICIAL DUTIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP

Contract Number(s)
J-LEAA-043-72
Sponsoring Agency
US Dept of Justice
Address

Washington, DC 20531, United States

Corporate Author
American University
Address

4900 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016, United States

Sale Source
National Institute of Justice/
Address

Box 6000, Dept F, Rockville, MD 20849, United States

Language
English
Country
United States of America