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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Courtran II Data Communications Requirements - |
January 1, 1978 |
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Operation of the Federal Judicial Councils An analysis of the creation and history of the councils, and an evaluation of the operation of the federal judicial councils before the 1980 statutory change. The authors assess the effectiveness of the guidelines for council activity that the Judicial Conference of the United States promulgated in 1974. |
January 1, 1978 |
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Assessing the Feasibility of Case Weighting as a Method of Determining Judicial Work Load - |
January 1, 1978 |
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Staff Report and Recommendations to the Board of the FJC on the Federal Court Library System - |
January 1, 1978 |
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The Voir Dire Examination, Juror Challenges, and Adversary Advocacy A broad review of the legal and psychological issues presented by the voir dire examination and subsequent challenges of prospective jurors. The discussion is organized under four headings: interests, criteria, parameters, and methodology. An edited version of the paper is contained in The Trial Process (B. D. Sales ed., Plenum 1981). |
January 1, 1978 |
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Time Trends in the Earnings of Attorneys: Preliminary Report - |
January 1, 1978 |
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Policies of the Parole Commission and the Bureau of Prisons as They Affect the Judge's Sentencing Opinions This paper is an introduction to understanding the relationship between a judge's sentence of imprisonment and the actions of those agencies that have responsibility for an offender after sentencing. It deals principally with policies affecting the duration of an offender's incarceration, and also includes some discussion of policies affecting the offender's experience while incarcerated. |
January 1, 1978 |
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Comprehensive Application of Computer Technology to the Federal Courts of the United States - |
January 1, 1978 |
| Progress Report on Phase I: A Project to Develop a Predictive System for the Allocation of Judges | January 1, 1977 |
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Observation and Study: Critique and Recommendations on Federal Procedures An evaluation of study commitments under 18 U.S. C. Sections 4205(c) and 5010(e). The report concludes that the objective of observation and study--obtaining professional evaluations to support sentencing decisions--has not been met. The author proposes a new model for these studies. |
January 1, 1977 |