# Families of Charged Persons and The Court

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942 "2016-01-23T04:49:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942/1 "2016-01-23T04:49:25Z")

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Are there statistics showing how often and/or how many family members of a person charged with a crime attend the various proceedings? Also what impact family attendance has on the court? I’m curious to know, but I’m having trouble figuring out the correct search terms to look. I keep ending up with search results about various issues with family law and family courts.

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942/2 "2016-01-23T16:03:32Z")

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Who would keep track of such thing?

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942/3 "2016-01-23T17:22:06Z")

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And why would anyone keep track?

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/families-of-charged-persons-and-the-court/743942/4 "2016-01-23T17:55:53Z")

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I can see someone deciding to do a study. Not sure what keywords to use. You might have better luck at a college library database, rather than google.