Questions about the Delay and Backlog poster

What’s on the Delay and Backlog poster?

A definition and 5 facts worth remembering. Time from offence to outcome degrades evidence, resolve and confidence in the process. Backlogs grew in many systems after 2020; Witnesses withdraw as delay lengthens; Memory quality declines with time; Remand populations rise with listing delay; Delay is a resource problem before a legal one; Common measure — Days from charge to disposal; Knock-on effect — Case attrition and witness attrition; A case listed two years ahead may lose the witness the case depends on.. Educational reference. Backlog statistics are published per jurisdiction and are not directly comparable across systems.

Who is the Delay and Backlog poster for?

Delay and Backlog 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 Delay and Backlog poster?

Use it when discussing court efficiency as something other than administration. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Delay and Backlog belongs on the wall where that law & society work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Delay and Backlog?

Two Trial Traditions, Appeals and Innocence Claims and Bail and Remand sit alongside Delay and Backlog 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 Delay and Backlog poster free to download and print?

Yes. Delay and Backlog 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 Delay and Backlog poster print at?

Delay and Backlog 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 Delay and Backlog loses nothing.Printing guide