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Justice Efficiencies and
Access to the Justice System
Guiding Principles For Effective Case Management
The criminal justice system exists to provide order that is just. To
have the necessary moral authority it must protect the rights of the accused,
including the right to disclosure and a fair trial, and it must resolve
matters effectively. Effectiveness is not mere efficiency or cost cutting.
It is ensuring that every step of the process contributes to a just result
by working the way it is intended to work, without waste.
Management of cases that go to trial is part of this. This paper identifies
five basic principles that can contribute to the effective handling of
cases.
- Cooperation & expectations: Effective
case management requires cooperation and clear expectations.
- Leadership: The court has a leadership role
in effective case management.
- Culture: Effective case management creates
a criminal justice system culture of responsibility, awareness, and
appropriate collaboration.
- Local Control: All case management is local.
- Management information: effective case management
requires management information.
- Implementation Approaches
- Recommendations
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