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Subject:Re: Tech Comm and Criminal Justice? From:onehorse <onehorse -at- PACBELL -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 31 Oct 1997 22:01:30 -0800
Courts are becoming paperless. Original documents are scanned upon
filing, stored on servers, and printed out as needed by the Courts and
the public. Everyone associated with the process, Court employees and
the public, require on-line and off-line instructions and help.
You ask, "Can (does) technical communication serve a purpose within the
criminal justice system?" Yes, it does. The words used and the formats
of all legal documents are extremely technical. Judges purchase scripts
of the proper questions to ask defendents. Who writes these scripts?
Techwhirlers. Attorneys purchase CD-ROMs of law books, replacing the
traditional wall of books in their offices. Who teaches them how to
access this new technology? Techwhirlers.
Robert L. Harvey
Sacramento Courts MIS
onehorse -at- pacbell -dot- net
