PRETRIAL DECISION-MAKING IN IOWA - COMPARISONS OF PRETRIAL PROGRAMS IN POLK COUNTY (FIFTH JUDICIAL DISRICT) AND LINN COUNTY (SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT) (ISSUED IN TWO NUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 42632
• Author(s): J BOUDORIS; R THOMASGARD; T LACSINA
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 229 pages
• Grant Number(s): 706-76-00-0470-43-07
• Sponsoring Agency: Iowa Crime Cmssn
• Corporate Author: Iowa Dept of Social Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS IS A TWO-VOLUME REPORT CONCERNING THE UTILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE ROR OR RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE POINT SYSTEM WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OF IOWA IN 1964.

Abstract

VOLUME I IS DIRECTED TO PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS AND CORRECTIONAL STAFFS AND SUMMARIZES THE METHODOLOGY AND MAIN FINDINGS OF THE STUDY. VOLUME II IS INTENDED FOR ANALYSTS AND RESEARCHERS AND INCLUDES MORE DETAILED TABULATIONS THAT DEAL WITH ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF DATA AND THEIR VALIDITY. VOLUME II ENABLES THE READER TO COMPARE DATA SUBMITTED ON THE BUREAU DATA FORMS WITH DATA OBTAINED INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE ARREST RECORDS OR RAPSHEETS. THE DETAILED ANALYSIS FOCUSES ON PRETRIAL RELEASE (PTR), BAIL, AND NONPROJECT-ROR RELEASEES, BUT SOME INFORMATION IS INCLUDED ON PERSONS IN JAIL, RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES, AND OTHER PRETRIAL CONDITIONS. THE PRETRIAL PROGRAMS ARE DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ARRESTEES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO THE ROR POINTS AWARDED AND THEIR FAILURE/SUCCESS RATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...KAP