Bail Reform in America /
This is a study of major national efforts in the past 15 years to reduce the impact of money, and the lack of it, in determining whether a criminal defendant obtains freedom prior to trial. Thomas offeres the results of a national study on bail reform since its beginning with the Manhattan Bail Proj...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | Reprint 2020. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501107 |
| Summary: | This is a study of major national efforts in the past 15 years to reduce the impact of money, and the lack of it, in determining whether a criminal defendant obtains freedom prior to trial. Thomas offeres the results of a national study on bail reform since its beginning with the Manhattan Bail Project of 1961 and a survey of the major operational changes in the bail system since then. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9780520352230 0520352238 9780520031319 |