Public Defender Offices 2007 Statistical Tables

Download or read book Public Defender Offices, 2007: Statistical Tables written by Lynn Langton and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. Examines offices that provide representation for indigent defendants through a salaried staff of full-time or part-time attorneys employed as direct gov¿t. employees or through a public, nonprofit org. Public defender (PD) offices are categorized according to whether they are funded and admin. at the state gov¿t. level, the county level, or through a combination of state and county gov¿t. Topics include PD office staffing, caseloads, expenditures, and standards and guidelines used by the nearly 1,000 PD offices across 49 states and the D.C. In 2007, 964 PD offices across the nation received nearly 6 million indigent defense cases. Misdemeanor cases accounted for about 40% of all cases received by PD offices. Extensive charts and tables.