Pretrial Services Programs
Pretrial Services Programs

Author: Barry Mahoney

Publisher:

Published: 2002-04

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 9780756720735

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Pretrial services (PS) programs can be valuable resources for making significant improvements in the criminal justice system because they are used in the early stages of the criminal case process. This report provides a review of issues and practices in the PS field. It describes how pretrial programs operate, discusses key policy issues, and outlines issues and challenges for the future. It pays particular attention to how PS programs obtain and convey information relevant to the pretrial release/detention decision. Describes how PS agencies, the court, and other criminal justice system agencies can work together to minimize the risks of nonappearance and pretrial crime.

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice

Author: American Bar Association

Publisher:

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9781570737138

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"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.

"Not in it for Justice"

Author: Human Rights Watch (Organization)

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9781623134600

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Key recommendations -- Methodology -- I. Background -- II. Pretrial detention in California -- II. Bail leads to jailing people who are not guilty -- III. Bail and jail result in an unfair justice system -- IV. Bail devastates poor and middle-income defendants and households -- V. Does bail in California serve the legitimate purposes of pretrial detention? -- VI. Profile-based risk assessment -- VII. A better way: increased cite and release and individualized risk assessment -- IX. International human rights law.