BAIL AND SUMMONS - 1965 INSTITUTE ON THE OPERATION OF PRETRIAL RELEASE PROJECTS, NEW YORK - OCT 65, AND JUSTICE CONFERENCE - LONDON - NOV. 65

• NCJ Number: 367
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 262 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEPARATE EXAMINATION OF PRE-TRIAL RELEASE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES AND IN ENGLAND.

Abstract

THESE SYSTEMS DIFFER IN MANY RESPECTS BUT THEY SHARE TWO CHARACTERISTICS. EACH DETAINS MANY ACCUSED PERSONS PRIOR TO TRIAL AND EACH IS UNDERGOING REEXAMINATION. LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS ON PRETRIAL RELEASE PROJECTS, OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES USED, AND PROGRAMS FOR POLICE RELEASE OF ACCUSED PERSONS PRIOR TO INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE ARE DISCUSSED. ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON THE ENGLISH PRACTICE OF PREVENTIVE DETENTION AND NONFINANCIAL SURETY, AND THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE SYSTEM. BAIL REFORM MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING THE MANHATTAN BAIL PROJECT AND STATIONHOUSE RELEASE ARE GIVEN. FEDERAL ACTS DEALING WITH BAIL ARE DESCRIBED.