Felony Courts
Assessing the Impact of Dade County's Felony Drug Court: Executive Summary
Victim Impact Statements: Their Effects on Court Outcomes and Victim Satisfaction
North Carolina's Determinate Sentencing Legislation: An Evaluation of the First Year's Experience, Executive Summary, Discussion Draft
Examining Local Legal Culture - Practitioner Attitudes in Four Criminal Courts
Gideon at 60: A Snapshot of State Public Defense Systems and Paths to System Reform
Understanding Prosecutorial Discretion In Florida Felony Courts
Impact of Community Policing on the Criminal Justice System
Specialized Felony Domestic Violence Courts: Lessons on Implementation and Impacts From the Kings County Experience (From Violence Against Women and Family Violence: Developments in Research, Practice, and Policy, 2004, Bonnie Fisher, ed. -- See NCJ-199701)
Fines in Sentencing - A Study of the Fine as a Criminal Sanction
Reforming New Orleans' Criminal Justice System: The Role of Data and Research
With its criminal justice system in disarray following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans invited the Vera Institute of Justice to examine the city's court and jail operations. For five years, Vera has been tracking arrest-to-first-appearance time, custodial arrests versus summonses, the granting of pretrial release, and many other decision-making points. Based on analysis of these data, Vera is making policy recommendations to assist with the implementation of new procedures and to ensure performance monitoring.