RT Article
T1 Exploring Alternatives to Cash Bail: An Evaluation of Orange County’s Pretrial Assessment and Release Supervision (PARS) Program
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 45
IS 3
SP 363
OP 378
A1 Barno, Matt
A2 Martínez, Deyanira Nevárez
A2 Williams, Kirk R.
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764202198
AB This evaluation examines the impact of a pretrial risk assessment and supervised release program on pretrial release rates, judicial bail determinations, and failure to appear (FTA) rates among non-violent felony defendants in Orange County, CA. The results indicate that program implementation was not associated with a significant increase in pretrial release rates. However, defendants who received supervised release under the program were significantly less likely to FTA than similarly situated defendants who were released on cash bail. The results therefore suggest that pending bail reform measures in California and elsewhere, which replace cash bail with risk assessment screening and non-monetary supervised release, can be implemented without sacrificing appearances in court.
K1 program evaluation
K1 Supervised release
K1 Bail
K1 Pretrial
DO 10.1007/s12103-019-09506-3