Personal Liberty and Community Safety: Pretrial Release in the Criminal Court

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bail, Pretrial Release, and Detention: The Critical Need for Judicial Reform....Pages 3-18
The Development and Implementation of Voluntary Guidelines in Criminal Justice....Pages 19-28
Evidence about Guidelines....Pages 29-43
Front Matter....Pages 45-45
The Courts in Boston, Dade County, and Maricopa County....Pages 47-68
Design of the Research....Pages 69-79
The Consequences of Bail Decisions in the Three Courts....Pages 81-92
The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Maricopa County....Pages 93-112
The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Dade County....Pages 113-127
The Nature of Bail Decisionmaking in Boston Municipal Court....Pages 129-141
Visibility, Equity, Rationality, and Effectiveness in the Three Court Systems....Pages 143-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Consideration of Alternative Decisionmaking Models....Pages 169-187
The Construction of Pretrial Release Decision Guidelines in the Courts....Pages 189-206
Estimating the Impact of the Guidelines....Pages 207-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Implementation and Evaluation....Pages 221-228
The Implementation of Pretrial Release Guidelines in Maricopa County....Pages 229-250
The Implementation of Pretrial Release Guidelines (“Uniform Bond Standards”) in Dade County....Pages 251-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
The Promise of Decision Guidelines for Pretrial Release....Pages 281-296
Postscript: Pretrial Release Guidelines and the Passage of Time....Pages 297-309
Back Matter....Pages 311-342