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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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A Reevaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan The report of the Center's second evaluation of the Second Circuit court of appeals' Civil Appeals Management Plan (CAMP), which in contrast to the first evaluation (see An Evaluation of the Civil Appeals Management Plan), reveals that CAMP was producing the benefits expected of it. In addition to reducing average disposition time, CAMP resulted in settlement or withdrawal of about 10% of the appeals eligible for the program, producing a reduction of approximately 8% in the total number of appeals. This evaluation is also known as CAMP-2. |
January 1, 1983 |
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Evaluation of Court-Annexed Arbitration in Three Federal District Courts (Revised Edition) An early evaluation of the effectiveness of local rules that provided for mandatory, nonbinding arbitration in three federal district courts. |
January 1, 1983 |
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Administering the Federal Judicial Circuits: A Survey of Chief Judges' Approaches and Procedures A description of how chief judges of the federal appellate courts discharged their administrative responsibilities in the early 1980s, based on interviews with chief judges, circuit executives, and other court personnel. The report discusses current trends in circuit administration and offers suggestions for how the chief judge's administrative role might be strengthened. |
January 1, 1982 |
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Summary Jury Trials in the Northern District of Ohio An early analysis of the summary jury trial (SJT) procedure and a documentation of the views and concerns of participants in summary jury trials. The authors observed a number of summary jury trials, reviewed court records, and interviewed those involved in cases assigned to summary jury trials. |
January 1, 1982 |
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Pattern Criminal Jury Instructions [Superseded] These instructions were prepared initially by a Federal Judicial Center committee in 1982 and revised in 1987 by the former Subcommittee on Pattern Jury Instructions of the former Judicial Conference Committee on the Operation of the Jury System. They have not been updated nor revised. staff include suggestions for drafters of jury instructions. |
January 1, 1982 |
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A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads — A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System An evaluation of the comparative validity of four risk prediction scales used for classifying federal probation caseloads. The authors found the U.S.D.C. 75 Scale to have the best balance of validity and predictive power, and they recommend that it be used by all U.S. probation officers. (The U.S.D.C. 75 Scale was subsequently modified and renamed the Risk Prediction Scale 80 and is now undergoing modification again. It is in use in all federal probation offices.) |
January 1, 1982 |
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Ninth Circuit Innovations Project: Final Report - |
September 18, 1981 |
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Eighth Circuit Expediting Project: Final Report - |
January 1, 1981 |
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Judgeship Creation in the Federal Courts: Options for Reform An early review of various procedures used by state legislatures and judiciaries to create judgeships. In light of those procedures, the author analyzes the federal judgeship creation process and suggests alternatives to it. These alternatives involve delegation to the federal judiciary of some portion of the judgeship creation authority, with appropriate checks to ensure judicial accountability and legislative control. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded] A description of the statutory sentencing alternatives in the federal courts. Addressed primarily to newly appointed district judges, the report relates sentencing alternatives to the policies of the agencies that carry out the sentences, particularly the Bureau of Prisons and the Parole Commission. Superseded by Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges (1983). |
January 1, 1981 |