"The roughest form of social work:": how court officials justify bail decisions

Growing research has analyzed quantitative patterns of bail decisions and outcomes, but we know far less about how court officials justify their bail decisions. To enhance understanding of how bail decisions—and their resulting pretrial outcomes—are generated, we interviewed 104 judges, prosecutors,...

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Authors: Winter, Alix S. (Author) ; Clair, Matthew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminology
Year: 2023, Volume: 61, Issue: 4, Pages: 904-928
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