RT Article
T1 Criminal justice reform and court-imposed bail in Mexico: an empirical report
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 46
IS 2
SP 183
OP 195
A1 Meneses Reyes, Rodrigo
A1 Fondevila, Gustavo
A2 Fondevila, Gustavo
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1800994443
AB This article furthers the discussion on bail through an analysis of the conditions under which this measure is used in Mexico, a country which has recently reformed its penal system (2008–2016) by introducing new procedural rules, which seek to reduce the use of pretrial detention. The study is based on a statistical-descriptive examination of 1,537 judicial cases in which judges chose to impose either pretrial detention or bail. Our findings indicate that, obtaining bail, rather than pretrial detention, is related to both the specific nature of the crime as well as the circumstances of the criminal investigation. Furthermore, our data confirm that pretrial decisions can affect the entire course of a case. In our sample, defendants who were granted bail were more likely to receive non-condemnatory sentences than those who awaited trial in prison.
K1 criminal Justice Reform
K1 judicial Cases
K1 pretrial Detention
K1 Bail
K1 Mexico
DO 10.1080/01924036.2020.1844251