Performance Measures

Background

The Utah Judicial Council has implemented a court performance measurement system developed in part by the National Center for State Courts. The performance management system helps courts identify and monitor important performance measures and make improvements to better serve the needs of the public.

Reports


Access and Fairness in the Courts	Assessments of the courts' accessibility and fairness based on court customer survey responses.
Effective Use of Jurors	Juror yield is the number of citizens that served on a jury compared to the number of citizens selected from the jury pool.
Clearance Rates	The clearance rate is the number of disposed cases as a percentage of the number of filed cases in a given time period. In juvenile courts, the clearance rate is the number of adjudicated referrals as a percentage of the number of initiated referrals in a given time period.
Time to Disposition	In January 2013, the Utah Judicial Council adopted time to disposition guidelines suggesting 95% of case dispositions meet the established time goal. Time to Disposition is the courts' assessment of how long it should take to resolve each case type.
Age of Active Pending Cases	The average age of cases awaiting disposition.
Restitution, Fines and Fees	The amount of outstanding restitution owed to victims and uncollected court-ordered fines and fees.
Court Employee Satisfaction	Surveys of court employees to measure positive work environments, staff engagement, and motivation to contribute to the mission of the Utah Courts.
Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts	Surveys conducted to determine public perceptions of the Utah State Courts.
Juvenile Court Report Card to the Community	Reports to provide taxpayers with an update on how Utah's juvenile justice system is performing.

The mission of the Utah Courts is to provide the people an open, fair, efficient, and independent system for the advancement of justice under the law.

Please visit each measure for more information. Your input or questions are welcome at info@utcourts.gov.