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CANCOURT - 1 - A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL TO SUPPORT PLANNING IN COURT SYSTEMS

NCJ Number
42064
Author(s)
R G HANN; L P SALZMAN
Date Published
1976
Length
82 pages
Annotation
'CANCOURT' IS A COMPUTERIZED, STOCHASTIC, DISCRETE EVENT, DYNAMIC COURT SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL CAPABLE OF SIMULATING THE SIMULTANEOUS PROCESSING OF A LARGE NUMBER OF CASES THROUGH MULTI-COURT OR QUASI-COURT SYSTEMS.
Abstract
USING EITHER USER-SPECIFIED OR EMPIRICALLY ESTIMATED DATA ON MODEL PARAMETERS, THE MODEL STIMULATES THE RESOURCES USED AND THE BACKLOGS AND DISPOSITIONS EXPERIENCED BY CASES AT MAJOR POINTS DURING THEIR PROGRESS FROM FIRST TO LAST APPEARANCE THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. 'CANCOURT-1,' THE INSTITUTIONAL VERSION OF CANCOURT STARTS FROM THE ASSUMPTION THAT CASE SCHEDULING AND REMANDING PRACTICES ARE MORE DETERMINED BY INSTITUTIONAL OR HABITUAL FACTORS THAN BY COURT RESOURCE AVAILABILITY. THE INTENT OF THIS REPORT IS TWO-FOLD. THE FIRST PURPOSE IS TO OUTLINE THE BASIC MODELING APPROACH UNDERLYING THE CANCOURT MODELS AND THEN TO DESCRIBE THE STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE CANCOURT-1. THE SECOND PURPOSE OF THE REPORT IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE MODEL'S USEFULNESS IN ANALYZING A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS OF CONCERN TO COURT ADMINISTRATORS. TABULAR DATA IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...ELW