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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Main Author: Gramckow, Heike
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling 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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topic 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
spellingShingle 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
relation Justice and development working paper series;no. 19
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Gramckow, Heike
author_facet Gramckow, Heike
author_sort Gramckow, Heike
title Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
title_short Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
title_full Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
title_fullStr Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
title_full_unstemmed Estimating Staffing Needs in the Justice Sector
title_sort estimating staffing needs in the justice sector
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16773076/estimating-staffing-needs-justice-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18404
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