A look at case processing time in five cities |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratory of Intelligent Systems and Applications, University of Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Faculty of Science and Technology, Fez, Morocco;2. Laboratory of Informatics & Applications, University of Moulay Ismail, Meknes, Morocco;3. Department of CSIS, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland;1. College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325 035, China;2. Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida 201 313, India;3. Rayat Bahra University, Mohali 140 104, India;4. Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal 148 106, India;1. School of Civil Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R. China;2. Research Center of Wind Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, P.R.China;3. Guangzhou Institute of Building Science Group Co., Ltd, Guangzhou 510440, P.R. China;4. School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China |
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| Abstract: | With increasing case loads, and a concomitant delay in the processing of cases, scholars have become concerned with delay in criminal courts. Because delay is a subjective term fraught with negative connotations, this study uses the concept of case-processing time—the amount of time elapsed between arrest and disposition. This somewhat more standardized measure allows meaningful comparison across jurisdictions. In this article case-processing time across five United States jurisdictions is examined in the light of three general categories of factors. Case processing time in each city studied was found to be somewhat different, with Atlanta, Georgia and Oakland, California having the shortest and longest case-processing times, respectively. In terms of the factors examined, there was no consistent relationship found between either type of offense and case-processing time or trial rate and case-processing time. There was, however, evidence that different types of pleas required different processing times. Pleas required the least amount of time and jury trials the most. |
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