2011 National Survey of Tribal Courts Systems

BJS's 2014 National Survey of Tribal Court Systems (NSTCS) will gather administrative and operational information about tribal court systems operating in the US, including data about trial and appellate courts, prosecutors, and indigent defense providers. The information to be collected will include, but not be limited to, the number of courts, number of offices, codes and statutes, staffing, budgets, case processing procedures and policies, data entry/ input systems, services offered through the courts, aggregate caseload information (including conviction rates), and other emerging court system issues. The goal of the NSTCS is to provide baseline information upon which to build a tribal court statistics infrastructure that not only will improve the nations understanding of the organization and operational characteristics of courts in Indian country, but may provide important information for use by American Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages in the development or expansion of their own tribal court systems. It is anticipated that all on-going previously funded and presently proposed supplemental project tasks and deliverables will be completed by December 31, 2015

Note: This project contains a research and/or development component, as defined in applicable law.

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