Home | About Us | Contact Us | Get notifications | Help | A-Z Topic List |
Lynn Langton, Donald J. Farole Jr., Ph.D., Bureau of Justice Statistics
September 16, 2010 NCJ 228229
Examines the provision of public defender services in the 22 states that had an entirely state-funded and state-administered indigent defense program in 2007. The report presents an overview of state public defender programs in the context of public defender offices nationwide. It also provides state-by-state data on staffing, expenditures, attorney training, program standards and guidelines, and caseload data, including the number and types of cases received by state public defender programs and the number of attorneys needed to meet professional caseload guidelines. Trends in caseloads, staffing, and expenditures from 1999 to 2007 are also examined.
Highlights:
Press Release
Full report (PDF 460KB)
ASCII file (43KB)
Spreadsheet (445KB)
To cite this product, use the following link:
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2242
Bureau of Justice StatisticsBJS Data Protection Guidelines BJS Statistical Principles and Practices Legal Policies and Disclaimers |
Web Site |
PartnersFederal Bureau of Investigation Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
|