NCJ Number
146251
Date Published
1993
Length
15 pages
Annotation
Statistics show the average time to process criminal cases.
Abstract
In June 1983, the average time to process all criminal cases through magistrates' courts was 138 days, ten days less than in June 1992. Between June 1992 and June 1993, the average time from first listing to completion fell for all types of offenses; there was little change for those remanded in custody throughout their proceedings. There were declines in the average length of adjournments for indictable offenses, for summary non-motoring offenses and for summary motoring offenses. These drops probably reflect initiatives from the Working Group on Pretrial Issues implemented in October 1992 and a drop in magistrate court proceedings. The bulletin contains graphs, tables and narrative that illustrate these statistics.