Bail Reform in America /

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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Main Author: Thomas, Wayne H. (Author)
Other Authors: Feeney, Floyd
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
Edition:Reprint 2020.
Subjects:
Bail > United States.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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