RT Book
T1 Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System
A1 Scott-Hayward, Christine S.
A2 Fradella, Henry F.
LA English
PP Berkeley, CA
PB University of California Press
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1681477920
AB Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Origins and History of Bail in the Common Law Tradition -- 2. Pretrial Release Decisions and Outcomes -- 3. The Problems with Risk-Assessment-Based Bail Determinations -- 4. The Impact of Pretrial Detention -- 5. The Path Forward -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index
AB Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial. Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial release detains hundreds of thousands of defendants awaiting trial. Tracing the historical antecedents of the US bail system, with particular attention to the failures of bail reform efforts in the mid to late twentieth century, the authors describe the painful social and economic impact of contemporary bail decisions. The first book-length treatment to analyze how bail reproduces racial and economic inequality throughout the criminal justice system, Punishing Poverty explores reform efforts, as jurisdictions begin to move away from money bail systems, and the attempts of the bail bond industry to push back against such reforms. This accessibly written book gives a succinct overview of the role of pretrial detention in fueling mass incarceration and is essential reading for researchers and reformers alike
OP 312
NO restricted access online access with authorization star
CN KF9632
SN 9780520970496
K1 Criminal justice, Administration of : United States
K1 Equality : United States
K1 Arrest : United States
K1 Discrimination in criminal justice administration of : United States
K1 Bail : United States
K1 Social Science / Criminology
K1 20th century
K1 bail bond industry
K1 bail reform
K1 bail
K1 contemporary bail decisions
K1 convictions
K1 crimes
K1 criminal justice system
K1 criminals
K1 defendants
K1 economic impact
K1 economic inequality
K1 freedom
K1 going to prison
K1 historical antecedents
K1 jail
K1 jurisdictions
K1 mass incarceration
K1 money bail systems
K1 poor people
K1 pretrial detention
K1 pretrial release
K1 racial inequality
K1 reform efforts
K1 social impact
K1 trials
K1 us bail system
K1 USA : Vorverfahren : Verwarnung mit Strafvorbehalt : Kaution : Armut : Randgruppe
DO 10.1525/9780520970496