The Speedy Trial Act of 1974: Effects on Delays in Federal Criminal Litigation

* Revised version of a paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, San Francisco, 1980. ** Assistant Professor of Sociology, Case Western Reserve University. The author would like to thank Nancy Ames, Mae Kuykendahl, Charles Wellford, and two anonymous reviewers from the Federal Judicial Center for their comments on earlier versions of this article. The article would not have been possible without the assistance of James McCafferty of the Administrative Office of United States Courts.