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2011
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“This publication is designed for a wide-ranging audience of criminal justice stakeholders who have questions about pretrial risk assessment and its value to the pretrial justice process” (p.3). Sections of this report are: introduction; setting the ... Read More
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2011
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Issues surrounding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) “provisions governing individual insurance coverage and subsidies and how they apply to incarcerated persons” are discussed (p.1). It is important to be aware of these especial... Read More
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2011
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This guide “presents a protocol designed to produce high-quality technical assistance for the front end of the criminal justice system—the pretrial justice stage” (p. iii). Sections contained in this publication are: basic obligations of a technical... Read More
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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This “glossary of terms and phrases has been written to provide current definitions, in context, and with historical references as needed, to clarify a comprehensive set of common terms relating to bail and the pretrial release and detention decision...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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2009
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The development of a risk assessment instrument that predicts both failure to appear and pretrial re-arrest is explained. This brief covers: plan of analysis; selected characteristics of defendants in the sample; predicting pretrial failure; develop... Read More
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2009
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The identification of “federal criminal defendants who are most suited for pretrial release without jeopardizing the integrity of the judicial process or the safety of the community, in particular release predicated on participation in an alternative... Read More
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2008
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The effect of pretrial detention on felony case outcomes is examined. This article is comprised of the following sections: introduction; methodology; extent and duration of pretrial detention; effect of bail amount on detention; effect of detention ... Read More
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2008
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“This issue of Justice Initiatives looks at the global over-reliance on pretrial detention and examines the challenges of reducing and reforming its use” (p. 1). Articles contained in this publication are: “Reducing the Excessive Use of Pretrial Dete... Read More
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2008
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These Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law and Order address the termination of prospective relief for violating the civil rights of pretrial detainees in Maricopa County jails; termination based on the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). Termina... 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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2008
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This paper describes a cost-benefit approach used "to develop a model that can be used to explore the impact on social costs or social welfare of Pre-Trial Detention" (PTD) (p. 2). Sections cover: introduction; model of PTD; modeling policy options;... Read More
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2007
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This two-hour program discusses strategies for developing an effective pretrial process (e.g., arrest, interview, risk assessment and recommendation, first appearance, post release supervision, and collaboration between shareholders—agencies, organiz... Read More
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