Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial.
Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial release detains hundreds of thousands of defendants awaiting trial. Tracing the historical antecedents of the US bail system, with particular attention to the failures of bail reform efforts in the mid to late twentieth century, the authors...
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Acknowledgments
1. The Origins and History of Bail in the
Common Law Tradition
2. Pretrial Release Decisions and Outcomes
3. The Problems with Risk-Assessm...
Circa l’autore
Christine S. Scott-Hayward is Associate Professor of Law, Criminology, and Criminal Justice at California State University, Long Beach. Henry F. Fradella is Pro...