RT Article
T1 Public, Safety, Risk
JF Social justice
VO 44
IS 1
SP 36
OP 61
A1 Williams, Kaya Naomi
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1747154377
AB The article discusses the Pretrial Services agency in New Orleans, Louisiana's administration of criminal justice, including the agency's determination of public safety risk assessments on whether to grant pretrial release or detention for African American defendants. An overview of the debt that defendants incur through their bail bondsmen's offering money for their pretrial release is provided.
K1 Social History
K1 Twenty-first century
K1 African Americans -- Louisiana
K1 Social Impact
K1 Debt
K1 Bail bond agents
K1 Risk assessment -- Social aspects
K1 public safety
K1 Criminal Justice System
K1 Pre-trial service agencies