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INPROL Publications
Currently, there are two streams of INPROL publications: Research Memoranda; and Practitioners Guides.
A Research Memorandum is drafted in response to a member query posted on INPROL’s Rule of Law Forum or Police Forum. It draws upon member responses posted on the forums in response to the query, but is also the product of independent, high-quality research on the question at hand conducted by the INPROL Research Team. Formerly, Research Memoranda were called “Consolidated Responses”. Archived Consolidated Responses are included in the new website as Research Memoranda.
A Practitioner’s Guide is a primer on a specific rule of law issue or area. It seeks to provide an introduction and overview of this area, as well as distilling best practices and approaches, where relevant.
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July 28, 2009
Court Proceedings: Transitioning to Automated Court Recordings
There is a growing body of knowledge related to developing and installing automated courtroom recording systems. This body of knowledge is based on past and ongoing case studies from all around the world, including states of the USA and country specific studies in Nigeria, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, and Thailand. The case studies highlight the challenges that both Western, developed countries and developing countries face in creating efficient courtroom recording systems. The case studies also underscore the importance of helping developing countries transition from courtroom hand recording systems to more efficient automated recording systems, and they list some of the judicial system benefits incurred post transition to the new automated systems. Important "change management" strategies and best practices emerge from the case studies and serve as a model for future countries likely to transition their old courtroom recording systems to more technologically advanced ones.