Goldkamp / Gottfredson / Jones Personal Liberty and Community Safety

Pretrial Release in the Criminal Court
1995
ISBN: 978-1-4615-1821-1
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 342 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: The Plenum Series in Crime and Justice

In this enlightening study, the authors implement a unique research approach to offer a greater understanding of policy reform of pretrial release and detention practices in the criminal courts in Boston, Miami, and Phoenix.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldkamp, John S.

Gottfredson, Michael R.

Jones, Peter R.

Weiland, Doris

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Bail, Pretrial Release, and Detention: The Critical Need for Judicial Reform.- 2. The Development and Implementation of Voluntary Guidelines in Criminal Justice.- 3. Evidence about Guidelines.- 4. The Courts in Boston, Dade County, and Maricopa County.- 5. Design of the Research.- 6. The Consequences of Bail Decisions in the Three Courts.- 7. The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Maricopa County.- 8. The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Dade County.- 9. The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Boston Municipal Court.- 10. Visibility, Equity, Rationality, and Effectiveness in the Three Court Systems.- 11. Consideration of Alternative Decisionmaking Models.- 12. The Construction of Pretrial Release Decision Guidelines in the Courts.- 13. Estimating the Impact of the Guidelines.- 14. Implementation and Evaluation.- 15. The Implementation of Pretrial Release Guidelines in Maricopa County.- 16. The Implementation of Pretrial Release Guidelines (“Uniform Bond Standards”) in Dade County.- 17. The Promise of Decision Guidelines for Pretrial Release.- Appendix: Supplemental Tables and Figures.- References.