NCJ Number: |
141003  |
|
|
Title: |
Research Note: Measuring Trial Court Consolidation |
|
|
Journal: |
Justice System Journal Volume:16 Issue:1 Dated:(1992) Pages:65-74 |
|
|
Author(s): |
V E Flango; D B Rottman |
|
|
Date Published: |
1992 |
|
|
Page Count: |
10 |
|
|
Sponsoring Agency: |
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Washington, DC 20531 National Institute of Justice/ Rockville, MD 20849 NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000 |
|
|
Grant Number: |
87-BJ-CX-0003 |
|
|
Sale Source: |
National Institute of Justice/ NCJRS paper reproduction Box 6000, Dept F Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America
NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America |
|
|
Document: |
PDF |
|
|
Type: |
Survey |
|
|
Format: |
Article |
|
|
Language: |
English |
|
|
Country: |
United States of America |
|
|
Annotation: |
Trial court consolidation, a key aspect of court unification, and its role in court reform is examined. |
|
|
Abstract: |
The research explores three new indicators of consolidated trial court structure. Data for 1976 were replaced with data from 1987 to update Berkson's index of trial court consolidation. The update revealed that the trend toward consolidation persists. Trial court structure itself emerges as a more straightforward and parsimonious measure of trial court consolidation than Berkson's 4-variable point system. A structural measure is proposed that relates closely to three nonstructural measures of consolidation, namely, proportion of total judges who serve on limited jurisdiction courts, extent of jurisdiction, and concurrent jurisdiction to form an index of trial court consolidation that integrates jurisdictional and structural measures. This index is an improvement, but the coding scheme upon which it is based still calls for some judgment. 1 footnotes, 3 tables, and 19 references |
|
|
Main Term(s): |
Court structure; State court unification |
|
|
Index Term(s): |
Comparative analysis; Court reform; Trend analysis; Trial courts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=141003 |
|
|