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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Berkeley, CA :
University of California Press,
[2020]
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| Udgivelse: | Reprint 2020. |
| Online adgang: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501107 |
Indholdsfortegnelse:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Bail Reform Movement
- 2. The American System of Bail
- 3. The Bail Reform Movement: 1961-1965
- 4. National Bail Study
- 5. Felony Detention Rates
- 6. Selected Felony Offenses
- 7. Misdemeanor Detention Rates
- 8. Days to Release
- 9. Failure to Appear
- 10. Days to Disposition
- 11. O.R. Projects, 1965-1970
- 12. Pretrial Release Programs and Nonfinancial Releases
- 13. The Call for Change
- 14. The Federal Bail Reform Act of 1966
- 15. Conditional Release
- 16. Deposit Bail Plans
- 17. The Police Role
- 18. Reaching the Defendant Quickly: Bail Schedules, Bail Commissioners, and Night Courts
- 19. Pretrial Services Agencies and Diversion Programs
- 20. Crime on Bail: The Preventive Detention Issue
- 21. Bail Reform: Present and Future
- Appendix: National Bail Study-- Case Selection Procedures
- Index