The Court System in BC A Complex Social

The Court System in BC A Complex Social System Richard Frank For MATH 800 – Sept 21, 2011

Individual Level CSS Do Crime x ? ? Charged Charges Filed Get Arrested Charges Dismissed Court Trial Sentenced Released Not Charged

Strain on Court Do Crime Some Resources Used - Room - Jury (? ) - Judge - Police Officer x ? ? Charged Charges Filed Get Arrested Charges Dismissed Court Trial Sentenced Released Not Charged

• Want to model Court System in BC • Not Individual Level

Court-Level CSS Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Outcome/Result: - Leave the system - Re-enter system for same crime - Re-enter system for new crime Input: - Offenders flowing in - Different time demands Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Variables - # of offenders - Types of crimes Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Parameters - # of judges - # of courthouses - # of court-rooms - time Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Linear vs. Non-Linear Court-Rooms Not all offenders put the same amount of stress onto the courts. - Various crimes - Various # of visits - Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Continuous vs. Discrete - Possible either way Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Aggregate vs Individual - Court-rooms - courts - Judges Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Static vs. Dynamic - Dynamic, no repetitions - Changes over time Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Court-Level CSS Qualitative vs Quant - Numerical analysis only Court-Rooms Get Arrested

Questions • Are current court systems efficient? • Any bottlenecks? Where? • Can it be optimized? – Move judges around – Transfer offenders to another court