Defender Research Library

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Public Defense Reform Since Gideon: Improving the Administration of Justice By Building On Our Successes and Learning From Our Failures: A Public Defense Leadership Focus Group (2008)

Public Defense Reform Since Gideon: Improving the Administration of Justice By Building On Our Successes and Learning From Our Failures: A Public Defense Leadership Focus Group (2008)

DOJ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) , National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) , American University (AU)
2008 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
Report on focus group which included defenders, prosecutors, academics, social workers, client leaders, and policy advocates.

Indigent Defense: DOJ Could Increase Awareness of Eligible Funding and Better Determine the Extent to Which Funds Help Support This Purpose (2012)

Indigent Defense: DOJ Could Increase Awareness of Eligible Funding and Better Determine the Extent to Which Funds Help Support This Purpose (2012)

US Government Accountability Office (GAO)
2012 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
GAO used web based surveys to determine the extent to which state, local, and tribal government allocated federal funding for indigent defense.