Report on Trends in the State Courts

Archive Editions

Past editions of the Report on Trends in the State Courts may be assessed from this page.  The editions were prepared by the Knowledge and Information Services Office and its predecessor, the Information Service.  The dates of publications are indicated beside each edition.  To order hard copies of Trends or if you experience any difficulty reading or interpreting a document, please contact the Knowledge and Information Services Office at (800) 616-6164 or send an e-mail to infoservice@ncsc.dni.us.

2004 (Fall 2004)

2003 (Fall 2003)

2002 (Fall 2002)

2001 (Fall 2001)

1999-2000* (Summer 2000)

1998-1999 (Summer 1999)

1997-1998 (Summer 1998)

1996-1997 (Summer 1997)

1994-1995 (March 1996)

1992 (June 1992)

1991 (July 1991)

1990 (August 1990)

1989 (June 1989)

*The 1999-2000 edition of the Report on Trends in the State Courts tested a different format for providing content.  The principal report was shortened to enable a quick review by constituents.  In addition, 19 supplemental articles, many written by authors recruited from outside the National Center for their particular knowledge or insight, were provided online to augment the contents of the principal report or to cover other timely subjects that the principal report did not address.  These supplemental articles are listed below.

• Broward's Mental Health Court: An Innovative Approach to the Mentally Disabled in the Criminal Justice System
• Capital Punishment: Challenges and State Court Obligations
• Child Protection Mediation
• Domestic Violence Trends: The Status of U.S. Batterer Program Standards
• Implementing the ADA in State Courts: What Your Court Needs to Know
• Jury Trends
• Justice for All: A myth or reality in our judicial system?
• Making Room for Mediation: ADR Facilities in Courthouses
• The Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998: Seeds of Challenge in the Federal District Courts
• Language Interpreting in the Court
• Lawyers and Multidisciplinary Practice: A Coming Revolution?
• Parenting Time

• Postconviction DNA Testing: Recommendation to the Judiciary from the National Commission on the Future of DNA Evidence

• The Juvenile Court Enters Its Second Century

• The Mental Health Court Concept
• The National Action Plan of the National Conference on Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System
• The Sizzle of Judicial Election Reform: Implications for Judicial Leadership
• Therapeutic Jurisprudence
• 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Full Faith and Credit Regional Meetings: Domestic Violence

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