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The Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 on the Release and Detention of Pretrial Defendants

Topic: 
Volume 71 Number 2
Date: 
September 2007
Abstract: 

The authors identify considerable inter-district variation in release and detention, restrictive conditions, and program funding.They conclude that recent technological innovations provide an opportunity for more defendants to be released from supervision without increased risk to the community or negative outcomes in the form of failure to appear.