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Scales of Justice

National Child Welfare Resource Center on
Legal and Judicial Issues

A Service of the Children's Bureau

Technology

Technology has been increasingly used to improve court processes in child welfare cases; examples include taking testimony via teleconference/videoconference, court data tracking systems to monitor cases, and systems to exchange data between agencies and courts.

-State specific information on court improvement and technology is available in our National Court Improvement Catalog.

Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) & Recording Technology

The CCTV & recording Technology Project administers grant funds to purchase equipment for recording forensic interviews, depositions, or grand jury testimony or for broadcasting a child victim's live testimony from a separate room into the courtroom. Read more here.