An Analysis of a Method for Reducing Pretrial Delay in Court systems

Authors

Burton V. Dean
John N. Barrer

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

9-1-1975

Abstract

An analysis is performed to measure the effect on court processing times produced by a project implemented by Lewis Katz of the Case Western Reserve University's School of Law. The project formalized the procedure known as plea bargaining through the cooperation of prosecuting and defense attorneys in each of three test cities - New Haven, Connecticut; Norfolk, Virginia; and Salt Lake City, Utah. The analysis reveals that the project reduced the average processing time in New Haven by 45%, but had no significant effect on the processing times in the other two cities. Differences in procedures between New Haven and the other two cities that may account for this difference in effect of plea bargaining are discussed.

Keywords

Plea bargaining--United States, Criminal procedure--United States, Court congestion and delay--United States, Operations research

Publication Title

Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University

Issue

Technical memorandum no. 388

Rights

This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use

Recommended Citation

Dean, Burton V. and Barrer, John N., "An Analysis of a Method for Reducing Pretrial Delay in Court systems" (1975). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 21.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/21