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Pretrial Release of Latino Defendants. Final report

Publication year: 2008 | Cataloged on: Sep. 30, 2008

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  • 023306

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  • 2008
  • 72 pages.

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  • Minorities
  • Pretrial Release
ANNOTATION: The granting of pretrial release to Latino defendants is examined. The following sections are contained in this report: abstract; executive summary; introduction; the intra-judicial roots of pretrial release research -- a brief review, a critique, and a way forward; disadvantaged groups and pretrial release in state courts -- an in-depth review; integrating pretrial release decisions and the racist threat hypothesis in a contextual approach; methodology; findings according to eligibility, financial eligibility, bail amount set, and making monetary bail; and discussion. "Latino defendants are not less likely to receive pretrial release than other defendants" (p. i).
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