PRE-TRIAL SERVICES - AN EVALUATION OF POLICY RELATED RESEARCH, V 2 - SYNTHESIS AND REVIEWS

• NCJ Number: 30503
• Author(s): J MULLEN; K CARLSON; R EARLE; C BLEW; L LI
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 302 pages
• Contract Number(s): NSF-C813
• Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation
• Corporate Author: Abt Associates, Inc
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TWO-PART REPORT CONTAINING A SYNTHESIS AND CRITICAL COMPENDIUM OF VARIOUS RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DOCUMENTS CONCERNED WITH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE PRE-TRIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.

Abstract

FOR PART ONE OF THIS DOCUMENT, SEE NCJ-30502, THE SECOND HALF OF THIS REPORT CONTAINS INDIVIDUAL REVIEWS OF THE 216 DOCUMENTS EXAMINED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS STUDY, ORGANIZED IN FIVE SEPARATE APPENDIXES: PRE-TRIAL RELEASE AND DETENTION; ADULT DEFERRED PROSECUTION; JUVENILE DIVERSION; DIVERSION OF THE PUBLIC INEBRIATE; AND ADDICT INTERVENTION. THE MAJOR EMPHASIS, HOWEVER, WAS PLACED ON THE FIRST TWO AREAS. EACH APPENDIX CONTAINS THE RELEVANT REVIEWS AS WELL AS AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL RESOURCE DOCUMENTS NOT SUBJECTED TO A FORMAL REVIEW. SEVERAL FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE DOCUMENTS, CRITICAL TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL PRE-TRIAL RELEASE AND SERVICE POLICIES, ARE REPRODUCED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS REPORT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)