Sentenced to Pretrial Detention: A Study of Bail Decisions and Outcomes

Previous research on bail practices has shown that both legal factors, such as offense severity and prior criminal record, and demographic factors such as race and age, exert a strong influence on bail decisions and outcomes. Using a novel application of Knowledge Discovery statistical methods, Baye...

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Authors: Sacks, Meghan (Author) ; Sainato, Vincenzo A. (Author) ; Ackerman, Alissa R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: American journal of criminal justice
Year: 2015, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 661-681
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Keywords:
Judicial decision makin
Case processing
Offense severity
Bail
Pretrial Detention