ABA Standards for Criminal Justice, Pretrial Release


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




ABA Standards for Criminal Justice


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




Personal Liberty and Community Safety


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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.




Pretrial Release Or Detention


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Pretrial Release Or Detention


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Pretrial Services Programs


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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.