Pretrial Services Programs: Responsibilities & Potential

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Year: 2001
Pages: 115
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 0756720737

Description

Barry Mahoney. Pretrial services (PS) programs can be valuable resources for making significant improvements in the criminal justice system because they are used in the early stages of the criminal case process. This report provides a review of issues & practices in the PS field. It describes how pretrial programs operate, discusses key policy issues, & outlines issues & challenges for the future. It pays particular attention to how PS programs obtain & convey information relevant to the pretrial release/detention decision. Describes how PS agencies, the court, & other criminal justice system agencies can work together to minimize the risks of nonappearance & pretrial crime.

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