Questions about the The Case Funnel poster

What’s on the The Case Funnel poster?

A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. Every stage of the process removes cases, so the system narrows sharply from report to trial. Only some offences are reported to police; Only some reports are recorded as crimes; A minority of recorded crimes are detected; Not every detected case is charged; Most charged cases end in a guilty plea; Shape — Wide at report, narrow at trial; Where loss occurs — Mostly before charge, not at trial; Contested trials decide a small fraction of the cases the system starts with.. Educational reference. Attrition rates differ by offence and jurisdiction; sexual offence attrition is studied separately.

Who is the The Case Funnel poster for?

The Case Funnel belongs to the Criminal Justice section rather than to a school year, because law & society is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning courts & process can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the The Case Funnel poster?

Use it before treating conviction figures as a measure of offending. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Case Funnel belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with The Case Funnel?

Two Trial Traditions, Appeals and Innocence Claims and Bail and Remand sit alongside The Case Funnel in the Criminal Justice section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Two Trial TraditionsAppeals and Innocence ClaimsBail and Remand

Is the The Case Funnel poster free to download and print?

Yes. The Case Funnel downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Criminal Justice section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the The Case Funnel poster print at?

The Case Funnel is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Case Funnel loses nothing.Printing guide