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NORTH CAROLINA RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF DETENTION FACILITY PERSONNEL North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center Winter 2004, 10 pp. This report discusses recruitment and retention of adult detention facility personnel in North Carolina during 2001-2002. A survey was sent to detention facility administrators to gather information on the process for their own recruitment as well as current recruitment and retention techniques and perceptions of their effectiveness. In addition, respondents provided information on applicants, gave suggestions for improving recruitment and retention, and noted reasons for departure. Finally, statistics on turnover and vacant positions were provided. Key results and recommendations included: recruitment efforts need to be intensified; salary issues affect recruitment and retention, but increased salary and other techniques should be considered; 21 months is the average length of stay; and the quality of applicants is problematic. WEST VIRGINIA CORRECTIONAL POPULATION FORECAST – 2003 UPDATE Theresa K. Lester and Stephen M. Haas March 2004, 46 pp. This report provides an update regarding the performance of the prison population forecast conducted in 2002. The report finds that the current prison population is 3.4% less than the most recent forecast estimates. Given current trends, the state prison population is forecasted to grow to 5,853 inmates in 2007. The report also provides information about admissions and sentences by offense category. COURTS ARIZONA FILL THE GAP: FISCAL YEAR 2003 Arizona Criminal Justice Commission March 2004, 27 pp. Arizona’s Fill the Gap effort provides funding for prosecutors, public defenders, courts, and the Attorney General to enhance felony case processing in the state’s 15 Superior Court branches. The report presents data showing progress made in achieving the goal of improving criminal case processing, and documents the expenditure of funds for aid to county attorneys and indigent defense. The report finds that funds were used primarily for the addition or maintenance of staff, for consultants and contractors to meet mandates, and for equipment and 4
the purchase of case management systems. In the county attorney and indigent defense offices that were able to provide data, some improvement in criminal case processing was seen. DELAWARE ANALYSIS OF THE BYRNE GRANT PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE DISPOSITION TIME IN A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT Charles J. Huenke, John P. O’Connell, and Kara W. Wrede February 2004, 13 pp. This report presents results of an analysis of the Byrne Grant Pilot Program to improve disposition times in a Justice of the Peace Court. The pilot program sought to replicate the adversarial process (city solicitors, state prosecutors, and public defenders) that exists in Courts of Common Pleas, the lower court, thus reducing the number of cases transferred to the higher court. The study examined the number of cases disposed in both courts, as well as case processing times for the 10 months prior to the pilot program’s implementation and the first 20 months of its operation. The results show a substantial increase in the number and percentage of cases retained in the Justice of the Peace Court for final disposition. There also appeared to be a considerable decrease in case processing time associated with the program. The report concludes that the program appears to offer potential for statewide improvement if expanded to other justice of the peace courts. OHIO A CASE STUDY OF THE AKRON MENTAL HEALTH COURT Lisa Contos Shoaf 2004, 18 pp. This study examines the structure and function of the mental health court in Akron, Ohio. It focuses on how the court was initiated, what agencies and individuals are part of everyday operation, how collaborations are formed and maintained, and how the court serves the needs of clients. Many individuals from the court system are involved in the mental health court operations, such as the judge, attorneys, and probation officers, as well as treatment providers, such as community living specialists, court liaisons, and vocational specialists. The court has encountered obstacles to providing sufficient services to clients caused mostly by a lack of resources in the mental health system. Court team members felt that the court works due to the sanctions and rewards system, a good probation department, buy-in of the concept from all agencies involved, a devoted judge, and acceptance of more responsibility by the mental health system, among other things. 5
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