Indicators of Justice
Measuring the Performance of Prosecution, Defense, and Court Agencies Involved in Felony Proceedings: Analysis and Demonstration
ResearchPublished 1975
The second of two volumes presenting the results of an 18-month study of the use of statistical performance measures in the context of felony proceedings. This volume gives a comprehensive and detailed description of all aspects of the study. It includes a background discussion and literature review; professional views on performance measures; a discussion of a theoretical basis for selecting performance measures; a description of the data collection efforts; how the demonstration jurisdictions were selected; the application of selected performance measures in the two demonstration jurisdictions; the role of criminal case auditing in performance measurement; the methods, procedures, and results of surveying lay participant attitudes; and the general findings and implications of the study. This volume is directed primarily to the criminal justice research community--analysts, academicians, and survey researchers. (See also R-1917-DOJ.)
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- Year: 1976
- Print Format: Paperback
- Paperback Pages: 466
- Paperback Price: $85.00
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/R1918
- Document Number: R-1918-DOJ
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Wildhorn, Sorrel, Marvin Lavin, Anthony H. Pascal, Sandra H. Berry, Stephen P. Klein, Raymond Sinetar, Gerald C. Sumner, and G. Uelmen, Indicators of Justice: Measuring the Performance of Prosecution, Defense, and Court Agencies Involved in Felony Proceedings: Analysis and Demonstration, RAND Corporation, R-1918-DOJ, 1976. As of October 15, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1918.html
Wildhorn, Sorrel, Marvin Lavin, Anthony H. Pascal, Sandra H. Berry, Stephen P. Klein, Raymond Sinetar, Gerald C. Sumner, and G. Uelmen, Indicators of Justice: Measuring the Performance of Prosecution, Defense, and Court Agencies Involved in Felony Proceedings: Analysis and Demonstration. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1976. https://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R1918.html. Also available in print form.
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