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2011
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This website provides access to materials associated with the National Symposium on Pretrial Justice. “Conference participants examined how far the country has come and how far we have to go to achieve safe and fair pretrial release and diversion pra... Read More
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2011
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This “glossary of terms and phrases has been written to provide current definitions, in context, and with historical references as needed, to clarify a comprehensive set of common terms relating to bail and the pretrial release and detention decision... Read More
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2010
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The third generation of bail “aims primarily to reduce the deleterious effects of money at bail and to focus more on transparent and rational processes, such as assessment and supervision to address a particular defendant’s pretrial risk” (p. 1-2). T... Read More
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2010
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Twenty-three misperceptions about money bail are corrected. This publication can “be used to help these decision-makers respond to possible claims and/or questions, primarily about the use of money bail and commercial bail bondsmen, by bail bondsmen,... Read More
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2010
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The “following history of bail suggests that as our ability to predict a defendant’s pretrial conduct becomes more accurate, our need for reforming how bail is administered will initially be great, and then should diminish over time” (p. 1.) Sections... Read More
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2010
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The role of commercial bonds in the process of posting bail is examined. Topics covered include: bail-making options; fees for making bail by cash vs. bond; prevalence of bonds in bail making; factors associated with posting a bond rather than cash;... Read More
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2009
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Information regarding commercial bail bonding in the United States is provided. Topics this brief covers include: campaign to increase profits from crime; a strategy of attacks on pretrial funding and operation to increase profits; not everyone can b... Read More
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2009
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Anyone interested in developing and implementing a drug abuse diversion program should look over this study. This bulletin provides re-offending outcomes from the evaluation of the Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment (MERIT) program available t... Read More
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2008
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The influence that legal aid has on the decision of an appropriate bail is explained. Sections comprising this report include: introduction; modeling the role of legal aid at the pre-trial detention stage; legal aid and the cost benefit analysis of ... Read More
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2007
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"[C]ritical legal principles applicable to defendants during the pretrial stage" are covered (p.3). Sections of this paper are: introduction and background; pretrial legal foundation -- presumption of innocence, right to counsel, right against self-... Read More
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