Case Management of the Court of Justice for Drunk Driving Problem Solving

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to: 1) study the major problems in the current administration of the drunk driving cases of the judges and the judicial service officers in the Court of Justice, and 2) propose an administrative model for drunk driving cases for the judges and judicial service officers of the Court of Justice in order to resolve the drunk driving problem. The samples of the research included judicial officers, judges and judicial service officers, at management level and operational level of the Court of Justice and of the first three courts which had the most drunk driving cases in the year 2017. Representatives from civil society sector and the director of the probation office were also included in the sample, the total of 40 samples were in-depth interviewed. Content analysis was conducted for the key problems and recommendations indication from the findings. A data synthesis was also conducted to propose the administrative model for the drunk driving case designed for the judges and judicial service officers aiming to the effectiveness in solving the drunk driving problem. Research findings in the problematic issues in the administration of the drunk driving cases of the judges and the judicial service officers showed that  1) lack of policy to specifically separate the administration of drunk driving cases from other cases, 2) lack of policy for social problems solving coalition whilst no target setting to reduce drunk driving cases 3) lack of earnest cooperation within organization and with other organization 4) no adoption nor utilization of marketing and communications for public sector principle and 5) no implementation of information technology for recidivism record checking, and for offender rehabilitation follow-up which is deemed as an important process in solving the drunk driving problem. The effective drunk driving case administrative model requires, 1) Policy setting for case administrative with aims to solve the social problem and to rehabilitate the offenders’ behavior 2) Procedure setting for defendant provisional release (bail) 3) Guideline setting for collaboration building between all concerned units in order to jointly solve the drunk driving problem 4) Intensification of public relations and campaign about the impact and the punishment of drunk driving 5) Implement an updated and common information technology system throughout the organization countrywide for the record checking and offender rehabilitation purposes.