Publications

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Access to Justice: Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants - Executive Summary -• Paula Hannaford-Agor   Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Appellate Court Performance Standards  • Roger Hanson  - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Appellate Court Performance Standards and Measures • Roger Hanson  - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Appellate Court Procedures • Carol Flango  - Available on-line (click on title)    
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Are Hung Juries A Problem? • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie Hans, Nicole Waters, G. Thomas Munsterman  - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

The Arizona Jury Reform Permitting Civil Jury Trial Discussions: The Views of Trial Participants, Judges, and Jurors, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, Vol. 32, Issue 2, Winter 1999 • Valerie Hans, Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Assessing the Need for Judges and Court Support Staff • Victor E. Flango   - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Auger Well: Future Prison Population and Prisoner Litigation, The • Fred Cheesman, Roger Hanson, Brian Ostrom
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Beyond Notetaking: Jury Reform Innovations, Trial, p. 48, July 1997  • Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Blended Sentencing in Minnesota:  On Target for Justice and Public Safety?  • Fred Cheesman, Matthew Kleiman, Nicole Mott  -  Available on-line (click on title)  
   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Building a Better Court:  Measuring and Improving Court Performance and Judicial Workload in Child Abuse and Neglect Cases   • American Bar Association, National Center for State Courts, and National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges  -   Available on-line (click on title)

  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Call To Action with Commentary  • David Rottman  - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy   
  Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

Campaign Oversight Committees and the Challenge of Perpetuating Ethical Judicial Elections • David Rottman  - Available on-line (click on title)    
  Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

Caseflow Management: The Heart of Court Management in the New Millennium • David Steelman, John Goerdt, James McMillan  - Available in publications catalog (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Caseload Highlights (from the Court Statistics Project) • Richard Schauffler  - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Civil Justice Reform Initiative • David Rottman newsletters (Civil Action)  - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Civil Protection Orders: The Benefits and Limitations for Victims of Domestic Violence • Susan Keilitz - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Congress, Courts and Corrections: An Empirical Perspective on the Prison Litigation Reform Act • Brian Ostrom, Roger Hanson, Fred Cheesman - Available on-line (click on title)  

A Cost-Free Civil Jury Trial? •  G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis  

Court Coordination of Family Cases • Victor E. Flango
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Court Cultures and their Consequences • Brian Ostrom, Roger Hanson, Charles Ostrom, Matthew Kleiman - Available on-line (click on title)  
   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings Judicial Benchcard • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Shannon Roth    

Court Interpretation: Model Guidelines for Policy & Practices in the State Courts • William Hewitt  - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Nikiesha  Cosby

Court Interpreting Services in State and Federal Courts • William Hewitt
  Contact: Nikiesha Cosby

Court Responses to Individuals in Need of Service: Promising components of a service coordination strategy for courts • Pam Casey, William Hewitt - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy.
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Courthouse - A Planning and Design Guide for Court Facilities, Second Edition • Chang-Ming Yeh, Don Hardenburgh  - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

CourTools • Richard Schauffler, Brian Ostrom, William Hewitt - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Courts and  Communities: The Promise of Collaboration - Final Issue, State Court Journal, Volume 20, Number 2  • Hillery Efkeman, David Rottman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Creating the Judicial Branch: The Unfinished Reform • Bob Tobin  - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Creating the "Portable" Guardianship, The Quinnipiac Probate Law Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3 & 4, 1999  • Paula Hannaford-Agor
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Crossing Borders - Regional Meetings on Implementing Full Faith and Credit Final Report •  Hillery Efkemen (NCSC) and Kay Chopard Cohen (NCJA) - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Crossing Borders - Regional Meetings on Implementing Full Faith and Credit Final Report:  Appendices • Hillery Efkemen (NCSC) and Kay Chopard Cohen (NCJA)  - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Brenda Otto

        
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Defining Optimal Court Performance: The Trial Court Performance Standards - Article from Court Review - Winter 1998 • Pam Casey  - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Developing CCJ/COSCA  Guidelines for Public Access to Court Records:  A National Project to Assist State Courts • Martha Wade Steketee, Alan Carlson 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Developing Statewide Performance Measures for Drug Courts - Article from Statewide Technical Assistance Bulletin - Vol. 2, October 2004 •  Fred Cheesman, Dawn Rubio, Richard VanDuizend

Dispensing Justice Locally: The Impacts, Cost and Benefits of the Midtown Community Courts - Executive Summary • David Rottman - available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Domestic Violence and Child Custody Disputes: A Resource Handbook for Judges and Court Managers • Susan Keilitz - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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The Effects of the Daubert Trilogy in Delaware Superior Court - Final Report • Nicole Waters - Available on-line (click on title)  Executive Summary also available online 

   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Efficiency, Timeliness, and Quality: A New Perspective from Nine State Criminal Trial Courts • Brian Ostrom, Roger Hanson  - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Emergency Management for Courts - Prepared by NCSC's Best Practice Institute • Pam Casey  - Available on-line under Best Practices Institute, as well as a pdf (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Employee Discipline and Grievances • Gerald B. Kuban - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  

Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Protection from Abuse Database:  Survey of Counties • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title)  

  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Evaluation of the Centers for Complex Civil Litigation Pilot Program • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Brenda Otto

The Evolution of American Probate Courts and Emerging Standards to Guide Their Progress, Prob. L. J., Volume 12, p. 120, 1995  • Thomas L. Hafemeister, Paula Hannaford-Agor  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

An Examination of Recidivism of Offenders Receiving Services from the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program •  Fred Cheesman, Denise Dancy, Ann Jones, Don Hardenbergh - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Examining the Work of State Courts (annual publication) • Richard Schauffler, Neal Kauder, Neil LaFountain - Available on-line (click on title) and in publications catalog (click here)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Examining Trial Trends in State Courts: 1976 - 2002 • Brian Ostrom, Shauna Strickland, Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Expediting Dependency Appeals: Strategies to Reduce Delays • Carol Flango, Ann Keith - Available on-line (click on title)  
   Contact:  Carol Flango

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Family-Focused Courts - Journal of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, Volume 2, 2000  • Carol Flango, 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Family Violence Community of Practice • Brenda Uekert, - newsletters available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Federal Habeas Corpus Review • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Final Report of the NCPJ Advisory Committee on Interstate Guardianship • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Florida Delphi-based Weighted Caseload Project • Brian Ostrom, Charles Ostrom, William Hewitt
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Flow of Adoption Information from the States • Carol Flango, 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Funding the State Courts: Issues and Approaches • Bob Tobin
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Future of Self-Represented Litigation - Final Report from the March 2005 Summit • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact:  Paula Hannaford-Agor

        
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Getting Smarter about Sentencing: NCSC's Sentencing Reform Survey • Tracy Peters, Roger Warren - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact:  Tracy Sohoni

Guide to Court and Community Collaboration • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Habeas Corpus in State and Federal Courts • Victor E. Flango
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Habeas Litigation in U.S. District Courts • Nancy J. King, Fred Cheesman, Brian Ostrom,
Final Report, Abstract, and Executive Summary available on-line
  Contact: Shannon Roth

Handbook for Appellate Judges • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

"How Are Courts Coordinating Family Cases?" • Carol Flango, Victor E. Flango, Ted Rubin - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy.  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

How Useful is the New Aggressive Driving Legislation? - Article from Court Review - Winter 2004 • Victor E. Flango, Ann Keith
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

How Judges View Civil Juries, DePaul Law Review, Volume 48, p. 247, 1998  • Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman, B. Michael Dann
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

How Much Justice Hangs in the Balance? A New Look at Hung Jury Rates, Judicature, Volume 83, p. 59, 1999  • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie P. Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

How Recent Court Users View the State Courts: Perceptions of Whites, African-Americans, and Latinos  • David Rottman, Randall Hansen - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

How the Public Views the State Courts - A 1999 National Survey by the National Center for State Courts and funded by The Hearst Corporation  • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Implementing an Integrated Domestic Violence Court: Systemic Change in the District of Columbia - Available on-line (click on title) • Martha Wade Steketee, Lynn Levey, Susan Keilitz
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Improving Court and Community Collaboration: A National Town Hall Meeting - Directory of Programs  • Pam Casey
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Improving the Courts’ Capacity To Serve Limited English Proficient Persons Seeking Protection Orders • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Shannon Roth    

Indigent Defenders • Roger Hanson, Brian Ostrom, William Hewitt
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Integrating Criminal and Civil Matters in Family Courts: Performance Areas and Recommendations • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy. 
   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Intermediate Appellate Courts: Improving Case Processing • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Judicial Compensation in New York: A National Perspective • David Rottman, William Raftery - Available on-line (click on title).
    Contact: Stephanie Montgomery 

 Judicial Education on Substance Abuse: Promoting and Expanding Judicial Awareness and Leadership • Denise Dancy - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Pam Petrakis

Jurisdiction, Caseload, and Timeliness of State Supreme Courts• Roger Hanson  - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy.  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Jury Patriotism Act • G. Thomas Munsterman - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Jury Size • Nicole Mott - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Jury System Management • G. Thomas Munsterman - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Jury Trial Innovations • Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Kansas Court of Appeals • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Kentucky Court of Appeals • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Key Elements of an Effective Rule of Court on the Role of the Presiding Judge in the Trial Courts • Chantal Bromage
  Contact: Chantal Bromage

        
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A Leadership Guide to Statewide Court and Community Collaboration • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title).  Available in hard copy.
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Lessons Learned in Implementing an Integrated Domestic Violence Court: The District of Columbia Experience • Lynn Levey, Martha Wade Steketee, Susan Keilitz
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Literature Review: Anger Management Programs Employed for Traffic Offenses • Ann Keith  - Available on-line (click on title)  

        
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Making the Case for Juror Privacy: A New Framework for Court Policies and Procedures, Judicature • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Managing Notorious Trials • Tim Murphy, Paula Hannaford-Agor, Genevra Loveland, G. Thomas Munsterman - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Manual for Cooperation Between State and Federal Courts • Paula Hannaford-Agor, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Maryland Attorney & Staff Workload Assessment, 2005 • Brian Ostrom,  Matthew Kleiman, Christopher Ryan
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Massachusetts Appeal Court Operational Review • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Minnesota Judicial Workload Assessment, 2002 • Brian Ostrom, William E. Hewitt, Neal B. Kauder, Robert C. LaFountain, Matthew Kleiman 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Minnesota Court Staff Workload Assessment, 2004 • Brian Ostrom,  Matthew Kleiman,  Nicole Mott, Neal B. Kauder

  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Monitoring and Evaluating Court-Based Dispute • Susan Keilitz
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Montana Supreme Court - In Comparative Perspective: Implications for Policy Change • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Myth of the Incompetent Public Defender, The • Roger Hanson, Ann Jones, Brian Ostrom
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

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A National Action Plan on Lawyer Conduct and Professionalism • Paula Hannaford-Agor- Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The National Action Plan on Lawyer Conduct: A Role for the Judge in Improving Professionalism in the Legal System, Judges' Journal, Volume 36, Number 3, p. 36, Fall 1999) • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The National Center for State Courts Sentencing Attitudes Survey • David Rottman - Final Report and Executive Summary available on-line (click on title)    
   Contact: Stephanie Montgomery         

National Conference on Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System - National Action Plan: A Guide for State and National Organizations • Pam Casey - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

National Probate Court Standards • Paula Hannaford-Agor - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The National Probate Court Standards: the Role of the Courts in Guardianship and Conservatorship Proceedings, Elder Law Journal, Volume 2, p. 501, 1994 • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Thomas L. Hafemeister   

Contact: Pam Petrakis

New York's 82 Percent Committee:  What Would You Call Your Committee?  • G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

No Se Habla Jury Duty?  English Proficiency and Hispanic Representation Issues • G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

       
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Offender Risk Assessment in Virginia • Brian Ostrom - Available on-line (click on title) or in hard copy 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

On Public Trust and Confidence: Does Experience with the Courts Promote or Diminish It?, Court Review, Volume 35, Issue 4 - Winter 1998 • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Perceptions of the Courts in your Community: The Influence of Experience, Race and Ethnicity • David Rottman, Randall Hansen, Nicole Mott - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Perceptions of the Courts in your Community: The Influence of Experience, Race and Ethnicity - Executive Summary  • David Rottman, Randall Hansen, Nicole Mott - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Permitting Jury Discussions During Trial: Impact of the Arizona Reform, Law & Human Behavior, Volume 24, p. 359, 2000 • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie Hans, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Prisoner Litigation in Relation to Prisoner Population • Fred Cheesman, Roger Hanson, Brian Ostrom
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Problem-Solving Courts: Models and Trends • Pam Casey, David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Promoting Statewide Court and Community Collaboration Initiatives: Instructor's Manual for "A Leadership Guide to Statewide Court and Community Collaboration" • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Promise and Challenges of Jury System Technology  •  G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula Hannaford-Agor
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Protection Orders & Limited English Proficient (LEP) Individuals - Brochure • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Shannon Roth   

Public Perceptions of the State Courts: A Primer, The Court Manager, Vol. 15, Number 3 (2000) • David Rottman - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Public Trust and Confidence - newsletters available on-line (click on title) • Pam Casey
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: What Public Opinion Surveys Mean to Judges - Court Review, Volume 36, Issue 3 - Fall 1999 • David Rottman, Alan J. Tomkins - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Qualifying Dispute Resolution Practitioners • Susan Keilitz
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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Reshaping the Bedrock of Democracy: American Jury Reform During the Past 30 Years, Judges' Journal, Volume 36, p. 5, Fall 1997  • G. Thomas Munsterman, Paula Hannaford-Agor
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Resolving Disputes over Life-Sustaining Treatment: A Health Care Provider's Guide • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Tom Hafemeister - Available in publications catalog (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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The Self-Help Friendly Court: Designed from the Ground Up to Work for People Without Lawyers • Richard Zorza  - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Sentencing Commission Profiles • David Rottman, Neal Kauder, Brian Ostrom - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Sentencing Digest: Examining Current Sentencing Issues and Policies • David Rottman, Neal Kauder, Brian Ostrom - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) Battered Women: A National Survey of the Courts' Capacity To Provide Protection Orders (final report) • Brenda Uekert - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Shannon Roth  

   Also available: 

• Code of Professional Responsibility for Interpreters Serving Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Victims of Domestic Violence

• Court Interpretation in Protection Order Hearings Judicial Bench Card

• Protection Orders and LEP Individuals Brochure

• LEP Resource Guide

• Improving the Courts Capacity to Serve LEP Persons Seeking Protection Orders: NCSC White Paper

Soccer Moms and Road Ragers: Remedies to Curb Aggressive Driving • Ann Keith - Available on-line (click on title)  

Specialization of Domestic Violence Case Management in the Courts: A National Survey • Susan Keilitz  - Available on-line through NCJRS (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

State Court Caseload Statistics (annual publication) • Shauna Strickland - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

State Court Guide to Statistical Reporting • Richard Schauffler, Neil LaFountain - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

State Court Organization 1998 • David Rottman, Carol Flango, Neil LaFountain - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis  

State Court Organization, 2004 • David Rottman, Shauna Strickland - Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

The State Courts in 2005: A Year of Living Dangerously • David Rottman,- Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

The State Courts in 2006: Surviving Anti-Court Initiatives and Demonstrating High Performance  • David Rottman,- Available on-line (click on title)
   Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

The State-of-the-States Survey of Jury Improvement Efforts: Compendium Report • Hon. Gregory E. Mize (ret.), Paula Hannaford-Agor, Nicole Waters - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Brenda Otto

Symposium on Improving Outcomes for Abused and Neglected Children • Ann Keith, Ted Rubin, Victor E. Flango, Carol Flango
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

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A Tale of Two Laws Revisited:  Investigating the Impact of Prisoner Litigation Reform Act and the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty • Fred Cheesman, Roger Hanson, Brian Ostrom  - Available on-line (click on title) 

Contact: Pam Petrakis

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and the Emergence of Problem-Solving Courts - Article from NIJ Journal - July 1999 • David Rottman, Pam Casey - Available on-line (click on title)  
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Through the Eyes of the Juror: A Manual for Addressing Juror Stress • Pam Casey - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Time on Appeal - Available in publications catalog (click on title) • Roger Hanson
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

The Timing of Opinion Formation by Jurors in Civil Cases: An Empirical Examination, University of Tennessee Law Review, Volume 67, p. 627, 2000 • Paula Hannaford-Agor, Valerie Hans, Nicole Mott, G. Thomas Munsterman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Trial Court Budgeting - Available in publications catalog (click on title) • Bob Tobin
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Trends and Issues in the State Courts:  Challenges and Achievements • David Rottman     

  Available on-line (click on title)
Contact: Pam Petrakis

Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System Implementation Manual • Pam Casey - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Entire publication now available online, including all forms in both PDF and Word formats.   (Just click on the title above).

A 5 minute video on Trial Court Performance Standards - Available (click on title).

A new publication entitled Trial Court Performance Standards Desk Reference Manual  - Available on-line (click on the title)

A new publication entitled Trial Court Performance Standards Implementation Profiles, January 2003 - Available on-line (click on the title)

Other Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System publications are available from BJA.  You can download a copy from their website (http://virlib.ncjrs.org/Courts.asp) or order a hard copy. These publications include:

• Trial Court Performance Standards. 1995, FS 000059.

• Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System [Fact Sheet]. 1995, FS 000059.

• Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System Implementation Manual. 1997, NCJ 161567.

• Trial Court Performance Standards and Measurement System Program Brief. 1997, NCJ 161569.

• Trial Court Performance Standards With Commentary. 1997, NCJ 161570.

Trial Court Structure and Performance: A Contemporary Reappraisal • David Rottman, William Hewitt
  Contact: Pam Petrakis  

Trust and Confidence in the California Courts, 2005, A Survey of the Public and Attorneys, Part I: Findings and Recommendations • David Rottman
Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Stephanie Montgomery

Truth-in-Sentencing in Virginia: Evaluating the Process and Impact of Sentencing Reform  • Brian Ostrom, Fred Cheesman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

        
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West Virginia Circuit Court Judicial Workload Assessment - Final Report • Brenda Uekert, John Douglas, Richard Schauffler, Matthew Kleiman, Scott Maggard, Paul Stenbjorn
Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

West Virginia Family Court Judicial Workload Assessment - Final Report • Brenda Uekert, John Douglas, Richard Schauffler, Matthew Kleiman, Scott Maggard, Paul Stenbjorn
Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

West Virginia Redistricting Study • Victor E. Flango, Brian Ostrom, Fred Cheesman
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

What Can We Say in Juror Orientations? •  G. Thomas Munsterman - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

Wisconsin Judicial Workload Needs Assessment 2006, Final Report • Brian Ostrom, Matthew Kleiman, - Available on-line (click on title) 
  Contact: Shannon Roth  

The Work of Appellate Court Legal Staff • Carol Flango, Roger Hanson, Randall Hansen - Available on-line (click on title)
  Contact: Pam Petrakis

To obtain a hard copy of this publication, please contact Pam Petrakis at (757) 259-1822 or by emailing her at ppetrakis@ncsc.org.  If you would like to view the Press Release, follow the link by clicking on that title.

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