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  • Document cover for pretrial release and probation: what is the same and what is different?

    Pretrial Release and Probation: What is the Same and What is Different?

    According to those who study evidence-based teaching methods, comparing and contrasting two different objects, persons, or even fields and discipli
  • the cover of using front end interventions to achieve public safety and healthy communities

    Using Front End Interventions To Achieve Public Safety And Healthy Communities

    The symposium highlighted promising law enforcement, prosecutorial, and judicial interventions at the pretrial stage and promoted dialogue among ju
  • document cover for Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field (2nd ed)

    Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field (2nd ed)

    The first edition of this publication was released in 2011.
  • video preview for COVID-19: How are Pretrial Service Agencies Dealing with the Coronavirus? [Webinar]

    COVID-19: How are Pretrial Service Agencies Dealing with the Coronavirus? [Webinar]

    In line with directives from the White House, state authorities, and local officials, criminal justice agencies around the country have modified op
  • cover slide from measuring what matters outcome and performance measures for the pretrial services field second edition

    Measuring What Matters: Outcome and Performance Measures for the Pretrial Services Field [Webinar]

    Like its previous edition, Measuring What Matters, Second Edition helps agencies gather consistent and meaningful data to track the performance of
  • Cover of: court non appearance and new case filings, redefining pretrial misconduct

    Court Nonappearance and New Case Filings: Redefining Pretrial Misconduct

    The past two decades have enhanced our understanding of pretrial risk.
  • Cover of: incorporating services and support into pretrial supervision: is there a best model?

    Incorporating Services and Support into Pretrial Supervision: Is There a Best Model?

    Behavioral health and social service needs are common in most arrest populations.
  • Cover of promoting pretrial success a new model for pretrial supervision

    Promoting Pretrial Success: A New Model for Pretrial Supervision

    Pretrial supervision is a critical function of most pretrial services agencies.

  • Orientation for New Pretrial Executives, Section 2

    Section 2 covers the same content as Section 1

  • The Immediate Consequences of Federal Pretrial Detention (2019)

    This paper examines the effects of pretrial detention on case outcomes in federal criminal cases.

  • Undoing the Bail Myth: Pretrial Reforms to End Mass Incarceration (2019)

    Your Honor, Mr. Jones will come back to court.

  • To Bail or Not to Bail: Protecting the Presumption of Innocence in Nevada (2019)

    In 2016, Leslie Turner was arrested in North Las Vegas, Nevada because she failed to pay for a traffic ticket. In the months prior, Ms.

  • NAPSA Covid-19 Policy Response Survey (2020)

    As state and local jurisdictions were dealing with the onset of the pandemic, NAPSA created a survey to learn what responses to COVID-19 were being

  • Court Date Notifications: A Summary of the Research and Best Practices for Building Effective Reminder Systems (2021)

    While studies indicate court date reminder notification programs increase court appearance rates, additional peer-reviewed research is required bef

  • Pretrial Research Summaries

    Pretrial justice systems seek to maximize court appearance and community well-being and safety.

  • Needs and Pretrial Failure: Additional Risk Factors for Female and Male Pretrial Defendants (2014)

    Since the 1980s, increasing numbers of individuals entering into the criminal justice system have caused criminal justice professionals and researc