Pretrial Release of Federal Felony Defendants: Federal Justice Statistics Program, 1990

This BJS Special Report provides a comprehensive overview of the pretrial phase of the Federal criminal justice system. Data for more than 44,000 Federal felony defendants interviewed by Federal pretrial services agencies during 1990 are presented. Tables present the rates and types of pretrial release by offense, criminal justice status, court appearance record, conviction history, and demographic factors. Tables also describe time from arrest to pretrial release, defendant characteristics by detention-release outcome, and frequency of failure-to-appear, re-arrest, and technical violations among defendants on pretrial release. Comparisons are drawn between Federal felony defendants and those in the State courts. 2/94 NCJ 145322

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