Support Services – Defender Research Library

North Carolina’s Criminal Justice System: A Comparison of Prosecution and Indigent Defense Resources

North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services
North Carolina Court System Office of Indigent Defense Services
2011 -- North Carolina
A comparison of prosecution and indigent defense resources in North Carolina.

Public Defenders (2008)

B. Mantel
CQ Press
2008 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This is the “Public Defenders” edition of CQ Researcher, a newsletter that investigates a new topic each week.

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.

Gideon’s Promise (2005)

Mark Hansen
ABA Journal
2005 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
The ABA's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants met in 1983 for a public hearing.

National Juvenile Defense Standards (2012)

P. Purits , L. Thurau
National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC)
2012 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
Juvenile defense is a specialized practice requiring specialized skills.

Juvenile Defender Resource Guide (2011)

E. Pelletier , C. McGregor , R. Griffin , S. Millier , V. Hernandez , Y. Ford
National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC)
2011 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This report covers addresses every issue that could foreseeably arise through the representation of a juvenile defendant.

Seattle Indigent Public Defense Services (2007)

S. Cohen
Seattle Office of City Auditor
2007 -- Washington
City Councilmembers of Seattle requested an audit of the City's indigent public defense services program.