NCJ Number
87071
Journal
Justice System Journal Volume: 7 Issue: 2 Dated: (Summer 1982) Pages: 213-235
Date Published
1982
Length
23 pages
Annotation
Increasing attention is being paid to the speed with which courts do their business, as pressures from legislatures, litigants and the general public converge.
Abstract
In this article, we examine the pace of case dispositions within three criminal trial courts; specifically, how characteristics associated with the case or defendant influence that pace. Our findings indicate strong underlying commonalities across three quite different courts, suggesting that the popular concept of 'local legal culture' may not be fully explanatory of variations in case processing time. (Author abstract)