The Third Generation of Bail Reform
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Aug. 25, 2011
ANNOTATION: The third generation of bail “aims primarily to reduce the deleterious effects of money at bail and to focus more on transparent and rational processes, such as assessment and supervision to address a particular defendant’s pretrial risk” (p. 1-2). This article discusses: individuals discomfort with bail and comfort with evidence-based change; demonstration of bail’s deficiencies by current research; the changing attitude of the public to crime and incarceration; strategies needed to reduce costs in the justice system while maintaining public safety; and significant opposition from for-profit bail bondsmen and large insurance companies.
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