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Note: Many of the resources on this list are older publications that were recently retrieved from the NCSC archives and added to the Library's catalog for the first time.

 

Access & Fairness

 

Uekert, Brenda K., [et al.]

Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women : A National Survey of the Court's Capacity to Provide Protection Orders.
KF 8732 .Z95 S47 2006

 

California Commission on Access to Justice

Language Barriers to Justice in California : A Report of the California Commission on Access to Justice.

KFC 955 .Z9 C35 2005

 

Appellate Courts


Latzer, Barry.

Justice Delayed? Time Consumption in Capital Appeals : A Multi-State Study.

HV 8699 .U6 L37 2007

 

Caseflow Management

 

Office of Legislative Auditor General, State of Utah

A Performance Audit of the Timeliness of Civil Cases in District Court.

KFU 515 .U83 2005

 

Court Administration

 

Berman, Greg.

Problem-Solving Courts : A Brief Primer.

KF 8759 .B47 2002

 

Farole, Donald J.

The Challenges of Going to Scale : Lessons From Other Disciplines for Problem-Solving Courts.

KF 8759 .F37 2006

 

National Center for State Courts.

Key Elements of an Effective Rule of Court on the Role of the Presiding Judge in Trial Courts.

KF 8732 .N38 2006

 

Supreme Court of Virginia.

Commission on Virginia Courts in the 21st Century : To Benefit All, To Exclude None; Final Report.

KFV 2910.5 .A3 C66 2007

 

Court Culture and Performance

 

New York State.  Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts.

A Court System for the Future : The Promise of Court Restructuring in New York State.

KFN 5956 .N49 2007

 

Court Futures/Trends & Strategic Planning

 

Davis, Stan.

2020 Vision.

HC 79 .I55 D38 1991

 

Friedman, Thomas.

The World is Flat : A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.

HM 846 .F74 2006

 

Gardner, Howard.

Five Minds for the Future.

BF 432.3 .G365 2006

 

Hines, Andy and Peter J. Bishop.

Thinking About the Future : Guidelines for Strategic Foresight.

HD 30.28 .T45 2006

 

Marx, Gary.

Sixteen Trends, Their Profound Impact on Our Future : Implications for Students, Education, Communities, and the Whole of Society.

LB41.5 .M265 2006

 

Nasbitt, John.

Mind set! : Reset Your Thinking and See the Future.

HM 901 .N35 2006

 

Seabrook, Jeremy.

A World Growing Old.

HQ 1061 .S382 2003

 

Court Interpretation

 

New York State Unified Court System.

Court Interpreting in New York : A Plan of Action.

KFN 5955.5 .N49 2006

 

Court Personnel

 

Academy of Court-Appointed Masters.

Appointing Special Masters and Other Judicial Adjuncts : A Handbook for Judges.
KF 8986 .A97 2006

 

Streb, Matthew.

Running for Judge : The Rising Political, Financial, and Legal Stakes of Judicial Elections.

KF 8785 .A7 R86 2007

 

Court Reporting

 

Rhode Island Judiciary.

Media Guide for Reporters.
KFR 510.5 .C6 R56 2006

 

Court Security

 

National Center for State Courts.

National Workshop on Improving Court Security (2006 : Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

KF 8733.7 .A75 N38 2006

 

Crimes

 

Child Welfare Information Gateway.

Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities : Statistics and Interventions.
HV 741 .C45 2006

 

Cissner, Amanda B. and Nora K. Puffett.

Do Batterer Program Length or Approach Affect Completion or Re-Arrest Rates? : A Comparison of Outcomes Between Defendants Sentenced to Two Batterer Programs in Brooklyn.

HFN 6124.4 D6 C57 2006

 

Summers, Alicia.

Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence : A Guide to Research and Resources.

HV 6626.52 .S86 2006

 

Criminal Justice

 

Neubauer, David W.

Judicial Process : Law, Courts, and Politics in the United States.

KF 8719 .N48 2007

 

Criminal Recidivism

 

Alaska Judicial Council.

Criminal Recidivism in Alaska.

HV9305 .A4 A53 2006

 

Alaska Judicial Council.

Recidivism in Alaska's Felony Therapeutic Courts.

HV 6049 .R43 2007

 

Uekert, Brenda [et al.]

Juvenile Domestic and Family Violence : The Effects of Court-Based Intervention Programs on Recidivism.

HV 6049 .J88 2006

 

Custody and Support

 

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

Compendium of Promising Practices and Good Ideas in Child Support Enforcement.

HV741 .C66 2006

 

United States. Department of Health and Human Services.

Incarceration, Reentry and Child Support Issues : National and State Research Overview Report.

HV 9276 .I53 2006

 

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

 

Homeland Defense Journal, Inc.

The Pandemic Preparedness Handbook.

RA 650 .H64 2007

 

Judicial Council of California.

Epidemics and the California Courts.

KFC 958 .A9 E65 2006

 

National Association for Court Management.

Business Continuity Management Mini Guide.

KF 8733.7 .Z9 B87 2006

 

Swain, James C. [et al.]  Criminal Courts Technical Assistance Project.

Guidelines for Pandemic Emergency Preparedness Planning : A Road Map for Courts.

KF 8732 .G87 2007

 

Federal Courts

 

Cheesman, Fred L., Brian J. Ostram and Roger A. Hanson.

A Tale of Two Laws Revisited : Investigating the Impact of the Prisoner Litigation Reform Act and the AntiTerrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
KF 9731 .Z9 C48 2004

 

Tomlinson, Anne M.

Electronic Case Filing in the Appellate Courts : Evaluating the Impact of Case Filing Technology on Clerk's Office Operations in the United States Court of Appeals.
KF 8733 .T66 2006

 

Virginia Law Foundation. (Virginia CLE)

E-Discovery and the New Federal Rules : A Legal and Technological Survival Kit.

KFV 2937 .E35 2006

 

Indigent Defense

 

National Center for State Courts.

A Directory of Court-Based Self-Help Programs : Developed by www.selfsupport.org

KF 8891 .D57 2006

 

Judicial Accountability

 

Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.

Shared Expectations : Judicial Accountability in Context.

KF8778 .I57 2006

 

Judicial Compensation

 

Rottman, David B.

Judicial Compensation in New York : A National Perspective - A Report to the Chief Judge of the State of New York.

KFN 5984.5 .S24 R68 2007

 

Judicial Education

 

Center for Effective Public Policy.

Managing Juvenile Sex Offense Cases : Keys to Informed Decisionmaking, A Draft Judicial Education Curriculum.

KF9325 .M36 2007

 

Judicial Independence

 

Fair and Independent Courts (Conference 2006 : Washington, D.C.).

Background Papers for Fair and Independent Courts : A Conference on the State of the Judiciary.

KF5130 .F35 2006

 

Juries/Jurors

 

Hannaford-Agor, Paula L., G. Thomas Munsterman and Daniel J. Hall.

Assessment of Juror Utilization in the Massachusetts Trial Courts : Final Report (June 22, 2007).

KF8972 .Z9 H36 2007

 

Mize, Gregory E., Paula L. Hannaford-Agor and Nicole L.Waters.

The State-of-the-States Survey of Jury Improvement Efforts : A Compendium Report.

KF 8972 .Z9 M59 2007

 

Tiersma, Peter M.

Communicating With Juries : How to Draft More Understandable Jury Instructions.

KF8984 .A25 T54 2006

 

Wisconsin Committee of Chief Judges.

Jury Bailiff Policy, Procedure and Training Manual for Wisconsin Circuit Courts.
KFW 2926 .J87 2006

 

Juvenile Justice & Delinquency

 

Males, Mike.

Testing Incapacitation Theory : Youth Crime and Incarceration in California. 

KFC 1195 .Z9 M35 2006

 

North Carolina. Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office.

Youth Rights and Responsibilities : A Handbook for North Carolina's Youth.

KFN 7491 .M5 Y68 2000

 

Mankey, Jennifer.

Guidelines for Juvenile Information Sharing.

KF 9780 .Z95 M36 2006

 

Leadership and Management

 

Harrison, Michael I.

Diagnosing Organizations : Methods, Models and Processes.

HD 58.7 .H3697 2005

 

Miller, Ken.

We Don't Make Widgets : Overcoming the Myths that Keep Government from Radically Improving.

JF 468 .P75 M55 2006

 

Walters, Jonathan.

Measuring Up : Governing's Guide to Performance Measurement for Geniuses (and Other Public Managers).

JK 2445 .P76 W33 1998

 

Mental Health

 

O'Keefe, Kelly.

The Brooklyn Mental Health Court Evaluation : Planning, Implementation, Courtroom Dynamics, and Participant Outcomes.

KFN 5971 .B7 O39 2006

 

Ridgely, M. Susan [et al.]

Justice, Treatment, and Cost : An Evaluation of the Fiscal Impact of Allegheny County Mental Health Court.

KFP 510.5 .A3 J87 2007

 

Schneider, Richard D.

Mental Health Courts : Decriminalizing the Mentally Ill.

K 3608 .S35 2006

 

Mentoring

 

Bauldry, Shawn.

Positive Support: Mentoring and Depression Among High-Risk Youth.

HV 1431 .B38 2006

 

Miscellaneous

 

Brown, Russell R., III.

Expungement and Collateral Sanctions : The Other Side of Justice : A Look at Rehabilitated and Otherwise Harmless Persons and the Long Term Effect of Having a Criminal Record.
KF 9751 .Z9 B76 2006

 

Caribbean Court of Justice.

The Caribbean Court of Justice : One Region, One People, One Court.
KGJ 495 .C37 2006

 

D.C. Kids Count Collaborative.

Every Kid Counts in the District of Columbia.
HQ 792 .U5 K53 2006

 

Dines, Jess E.

Document Examiner Textbook.

HV8074 .D56 1998

 

Love, Margaret Colgate.

Relief From the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Conviction : A State-by-State Resource Guide.

KF 390 .E87 L68 2006

 

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea.

The Supreme Court of Korea.
KPA 1572 .S87 2006

 

United States Department of Justice.

AMBER Alert : Best Practices Guide for Public Information Officers.
HV 7936 .C79 A43 2006

 

United States Federal Protective Service.

Personal Security Guide.
HV 7431 .F43

 

Probation

 

Visher, Christy A.

Cleveland Prisoners' Experiences Returning Home.
HV 9304 .V57 2006

 

Science, Technology and the Law

 

Barrett, Katherine.

Powering Up: How Public Managers Can Take Control of Information Technology.

JF 1525 .A8 B37 2001

 

Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.

Navigating the Hazards of E-Discovery : A Manual for Judges in State Courts Across the Nation.
KF 8936 .N38 2007

 

United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs.

Investigations Involving the Internet and Computer Networks.

HV 6733.2 .I58 2007

 

Van Duizend, Richard.

Guidelines for State Trial Courts Regarding Discovery of Electronically-Stored Information.

KF 8947 .V36 2006

 

Sentencing

 

Pew Charitable Trusts. 

Public Safety, Public Spending : Forecasting America's Prison Population 2007-2011.
KF 9728 .P83 2007

 

                     


 

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