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Understanding Court Culture and Improving Court Performance in 12 Courts in California, Florida, and Minnesota, 2002

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Principal Investigator(s): Ostrom, Brian J.; Ostrom, Charles W.; Hanson, Roger A.; Kleiman, Matthew

Summary: The purpose of this study was to examine the organizational culture in 12 felony criminal trial courts selected in 3 states and to gauge prosecuting and public defender attorneys' views on how well the courts in which they practice achieve the goals of access, fairness, and managerial effectiveness. Data on organizational culture in each of the 12 courts (Part 1) were obtained by administering the Court Culture Assessment Instrument (CCAI) to all judges with a felony criminal court docket a... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR20366.v1

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