PHASE 1 EVALUATION OF PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS - WORK PRODUCT FOUR - ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS, FEBRUARY 1976

• NCJ Number: 32740
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 74 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-NI-99-0071
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: National Ctr for State Courts
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: NATIONAL EVALUATION PROGRAM

Annotation

THIS ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE LOOKS AT THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS IN FACILITATING THE USE OF NONFINANCIAL RELEASE WHILE INSURING THE APPEARANCE OF THE DEFENDANT AT TRIAL AND HIS NONINVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

Abstract

THIS PAPER IS THE FOURTH OF SIX PRODUCTS OF A NATIONAL EVALUATION OF PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS TO DETERMINE THE CURRENT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR EFFECTIVENESS, TO ASSESS THE USEFULNESS FOR PLANNING AND FUNDING DECISIONS, AND TO DEVELOP RESEARCH DESIGNS TO OBTAIN INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR A FULL EVALUATION. THE ASSESSMENT IS BASED UPON SITE VISITS TO TEN PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS, TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS WITH DIRECTORS OF OVER 109 PROGRAMS, AND A REVIEW OF LITERATURE IN THE FIELD. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY ARE PRESENTED IN SIX AREAS - NONFINANCIAL RELEASE RATES, OVERALL PRETRIAL RELEASE RATES, SPEED WITH WHICH PRETRIAL RELEASES ARE OBTAINED, LESSENING THE INEQUALITY OF THE BAIL SYSTEM ON INDIGENTS, FAILURE TO APPEAR AND PRETRIAL CRIME RATES, AND ECONOMIC COSTS AND BENEFITS OF PRETRIAL RELEASE PROGRAMS. FOR THE OTHER FIVE PARTS OF THIS PHASE I EVALUATION, SEE NCJ-32738-39 AND NCJ-32741-43.