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

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

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

4. Want to model Court System in BC
Not Individual Level

5. Court-Level CSS
Court-Rooms
Court-Rooms
Get Arrested

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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