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Is the case tracking information publicly available in a central
database or repository to the prosecution, defense and judiciary or
criminal justice officials directly involved in a case?
Does the designated official or professional office have sufficient
budget and staff to afford court users access to records and
documents of ongoing and past cases?
Are the following statistics compiled and reasonably available:
Number of cases brought to court, withdrawn, cases diverted to
programs, acquittals, convictions and other dispositions,
sentences (including a breakdown of types of sentences used)?
Are there statistics regarding how many people are sentenced to
imprisonment during the course of a year or other time
increment?
Can statistics be further broken down by the following features:
Gender/ race or ethnicity/ crime category/ geographical area?
Is there statistical information about time intervals, for example,
how long is the average time: between arrest and charge or
release, between setting down of case and final resolution, average
time spent in detention on remand?
2) Function: Investigative Capacity 6
a) Capability: Investigative Skill
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Measurement Indicators
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Do judges follow documented rule of evidence conventions and
ensure that chain of evidence practices are followed?
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Do judges 7 have documented knowledge/management skills to
oversee/manage:
o Advanced investigative interviewing
o Advanced investigative report writing
o Advanced crime scene investigation/protection
b) Capability: Investigative Case Management Practices
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Measurement Indicators
Do judges ensure that a systematic, standardized case
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management system is used?
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Do judges have the necessary case management skills to advise
midlevel investigators on how to effectively handle multiple crime
threats?
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Do judges have the necessary skills to ensure active
interaction/coordination with other law enforcement professionals
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This sub-function is to be used in the overall calculation for either Judiciary or Prosecutorial service only
in legal/CJS formats where the responsibility for managing, supervising or directing criminal investigations
is assigned either to the prosecutor, investigative judge or magistrate or other officer under the court (as
versus under the Law Enforcement management/leadership). For Law Enforcement investigations, use
only the similar investigations subsection under the Law Enforcement segment.
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Use of term “Judge” is generic in this context for any of the three; the Prosecutor, Investigative judge or
Magistrate, as well as other non-police officials filling this supervisory role in civil-law, hybrid or other
systems.
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