Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
Justice system agencies around the world continue to seek adequate methods to estimate staffing needs. Especially when caseload rise and budgets are limited, the pressure is on to justify adequate staffing with solid data. The simpler approaches of...
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okr-10986-184042021-04-23T14:03:35Z Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector Gramckow, Heike ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCREDITATION ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS ADVOCACY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARRANGEMENTS ARRESTS ARTICLE ATTORNEYS CIVIL LAW CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT ADMINISTRATION COURT HEARINGS COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA COLLECTION DETENTION DISCOVERY DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENTRIES ENTRY EQUALITY FAMILIES FILING FORECASTS GRAND JURY HELP DESK INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL OFFICERS JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SECTOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JURY JURY SELECTION JUSTICE JUVENILE JUSTICE JUVENILE OFFENDERS LAWS LEGAL AID LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LITIGATION METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MODELING OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PROBABILITY PROBATION PUBLIC DEFENDERS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELIABILITY RESEARCH METHOD SPECIAL JURISDICTION STANDARDIZATION STATE COURTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TECHNIQUES TRIALS USER USER SATISFACTION USERS VALIDITY VARIABILITY VICTIMS VIOLENT CRIMES WEB WEBSITE WEIGHTING WILL WITNESSES Justice system agencies around the world continue to seek adequate methods to estimate staffing needs. Especially when caseload rise and budgets are limited, the pressure is on to justify adequate staffing with solid data. The simpler approaches of basing staffing needs on number of cases filed or population numbers have proven to be imprecise at best and seriously flawed at worst. The search for better estimation measures first led to weighted caseload studies, which weighed the complexity and other special needs of different case types. As these methods still did not provide an accurate assessment, efforts continue to be made to develop a more precise measure of not just caseload but workload, a measure that factors in the time spent on managing the case and on the increasing amount of non-case-related work, such as administration, training, outreach, travel, etc. This paper describes the leading approaches (including the analytical, Delphi, and weighted caseload methods) used throughout the world for determining workload among justice sector employees, presenting the benefits and limitations of each. The paper then focuses on what is currently viewed as the more optimum method of the weighted workload study, and offers a step-by-step outline of how this kind of study can be developed and implemented. Also considered are the dual challenges of forecasting future staffing needs and incorporating performance measures to promote quality decision making and cost-efficient court procedures and services. 2014-05-22T21:24:04Z 2014-05-22T21:24:04Z 2012-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16773076/estimating-staffing-needs-justice-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18404 English en_US Justice and development working paper series;no. 19 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCREDITATION ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS ADVOCACY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARRANGEMENTS ARRESTS ARTICLE ATTORNEYS CIVIL LAW CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT ADMINISTRATION COURT HEARINGS COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA COLLECTION DETENTION DISCOVERY DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENTRIES ENTRY EQUALITY FAMILIES FILING FORECASTS GRAND JURY HELP DESK INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL OFFICERS JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SECTOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JURY JURY SELECTION JUSTICE JUVENILE JUSTICE JUVENILE OFFENDERS LAWS LEGAL AID LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LITIGATION METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MODELING OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PROBABILITY PROBATION PUBLIC DEFENDERS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELIABILITY RESEARCH METHOD SPECIAL JURISDICTION STANDARDIZATION STATE COURTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TECHNIQUES TRIALS USER USER SATISFACTION USERS VALIDITY VARIABILITY VICTIMS VIOLENT CRIMES WEB WEBSITE WEIGHTING WILL WITNESSES |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCREDITATION ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS ADVOCACY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARRANGEMENTS ARRESTS ARTICLE ATTORNEYS CIVIL LAW CIVIL LAW SYSTEMS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT ADMINISTRATION COURT HEARINGS COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA COLLECTION DETENTION DISCOVERY DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ENTRIES ENTRY EQUALITY FAMILIES FILING FORECASTS GRAND JURY HELP DESK INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL OFFICERS JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL SECTOR JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JURY JURY SELECTION JUSTICE JUVENILE JUSTICE JUVENILE OFFENDERS LAWS LEGAL AID LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGISLATION LITIGATION METHODOLOGIES METHODOLOGY MODELING OFFENDER OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES POLICE POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PROBABILITY PROBATION PUBLIC DEFENDERS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELIABILITY RESEARCH METHOD SPECIAL JURISDICTION STANDARDIZATION STATE COURTS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STATISTICAL METHODS TECHNIQUES TRIALS USER USER SATISFACTION USERS VALIDITY VARIABILITY VICTIMS VIOLENT CRIMES WEB WEBSITE WEIGHTING WILL WITNESSES Gramckow, Heike Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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Justice system agencies around the world
continue to seek adequate methods to estimate staffing
needs. Especially when caseload rise and budgets are
limited, the pressure is on to justify adequate staffing
with solid data. The simpler approaches of basing staffing
needs on number of cases filed or population numbers have
proven to be imprecise at best and seriously flawed at
worst. The search for better estimation measures first led
to weighted caseload studies, which weighed the complexity
and other special needs of different case types. As these
methods still did not provide an accurate assessment,
efforts continue to be made to develop a more precise
measure of not just caseload but workload, a measure that
factors in the time spent on managing the case and on the
increasing amount of non-case-related work, such as
administration, training, outreach, travel, etc. This paper
describes the leading approaches (including the analytical,
Delphi, and weighted caseload methods) used throughout the
world for determining workload among justice sector
employees, presenting the benefits and limitations of each.
The paper then focuses on what is currently viewed as the
more optimum method of the weighted workload study, and
offers a step-by-step outline of how this kind of study can
be developed and implemented. Also considered are the dual
challenges of forecasting future staffing needs and
incorporating performance measures to promote quality
decision making and cost-efficient court procedures and services. |
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Gramckow, Heike |
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Gramckow, Heike |
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Gramckow, Heike |
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Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector |
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estimating staffing needs in the justice sector |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16773076/estimating-staffing-needs-justice-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18404 |
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