{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This data collection investigates the effectiveness of\r\n alternative approaches to reducing delays in criminal\r\n appeals. Interviews were conducted with court representatives from\r\n districts employing differing alternatives. These districts and\r\n approaches are (1) case management in the Illinois Appellate Court,\r\n Fourth District, in Springfield, (2) staff screening for submission\r\n without oral argument in the California Court of Appeals, Third\r\n District, in Sacramento, and (3) fast-tracking procedures in the Rhode\r\n Island Supreme Court. Parallel interviews were conducted in public\r\n defenders' offices in three additional locations: Colorado, the\r\n District of Columbia, and Minnesota. Questions focused on the backlogs\r\n courts were facing, the reasons for the backlogs, and the\r\n consequences. Participants were asked about the fairness and possible\r\n consequences of procedures employed by their courts and other courts\r\n in this study. Case data were acquired from court records of the\r\nSpringfield, Sacramento, and Rhode Island courts.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09965.v1", "title": "Alternative Procedures for Reducing Delays in Criminal Appeals:  Sacramento, Springfield, and Rhode Island, 1983-1984"}], "identifier": "3445", "issued": "1993-10-02T00:00:00", "keyword": ["appeal procedures", "appellate courts", "case management", "case processing", "criminal justice system"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "1994-02-17T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Alternative Procedures for Reducing Delays in Criminal Appeals:  Sacramento, Springfield, and Rhode Island, 1983-1984"}