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NCJ Number: 115471 Add to Shopping cart Find in a Library
Title: Organizing the Criminal Appeals Process: The Views of Judges, Government Attorneys and Defense Counsel
Journal: Judicature  Volume:72  Issue:4  Dated:(December-January 1989)  Pages:239-246
Author(s): R A Hanson; J A Chapper
Date Published: 1989
Annotation: This article examines the extent to which judges', prosecutors', and defense attorneys' attitudes toward approaches to handling criminal appeals vary by position.
Abstract: Conventional wisdom explains the justice process in terms of the different functions of the chief actors. This conventional wisdom, however, is challenged by a counter argument, based in a general theory of public organizations, that the chief participants in the court process behave in accordance with their immediate work environment rather than systemic policy goals and objectives. Information for this study was drawn from a larger comparative examination of the criminal appeals process. The larger study examined the procedures, case processing time and underlying caseload, jurisdiction, and organization associated with three approaches to handling criminal appeals: case management, decision without oral argument, and fast-tracking. This research indicates the variation in chief actors' attitudes toward these approaches is minimal, suggesting that the organizing concept of the courtroom work group has validity in the appellate setting. Policy implications are drawn from these findings. 26 footnotes.
Main Term(s): Appeal procedures
Index Term(s): Caseload management; Defense counsel; Judicial attitudes; Prosecutors
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531
Page Count: 8
Format: Article
Type: Issue Overview
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: NIJ Reprint
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