Pretrial decision-making matrices: The role of risk and charge weighting in risk assessment–guided decisions

EM Lowder, ZB Kamara, A Kent - Criminal Justice and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Pretrial risk assessments are used in local pretrial settings to inform release and supervision
decisions. Yet, there is little research on the implementation of pretrial risk assessments in …

A retrospective study of the role of probation revocation in future criminal justice involvement

CL Diaz, EM Lowder, MN Bohmert, M Ying… - Journal of Criminal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Probation revocations and associated incarceration can have detrimental impacts
on individuals, their families, and local jails and prisons. Yet, few studies have examined the …

[PDF][PDF] Research on the effectiveness of pretrial support and supervision services: A guide for pretrial services programs

R Hatton, J Smith - UNC School of Government Criminal Justice …, 2020 - pretrial.org
Various pretrial programs have been implemented across US jurisdictions in an effort to
improve pretrial outcomes while reducing jail overcrowding and costs associated with …

Pretrial risk assessment, release recommendations, and racial Bias

SA Zottola, SL Desmarais, DK Stewart… - Criminal Justice …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined how the presentation of risk assessment results and the race of the person
charged affected pretrial court actors' recommendations to release a person with or without …

Sensible Pretrial Reform: The Importance of Accounting for Risk of Violence in Judicial Release Decisions

RM Labrecque, M DeMichele, J Walker… - Crime & …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study uses data collected from three diverse counties in the United States between
2017 and 2019 to compare the performance of a pretrial risk instrument—the Public Safety …

Effective bail reform strategies drawn from a limited evidence base

EM Lowder, AE Rodriguez, C Diaz - Routledge Handbook of …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Across the United States, local agencies are implementing bail reform strategies in response
to state legislative efforts. Legislative efforts have sought to decrease local jurisdictions' …

Jail-based court notifications to improve appearance rates following early pretrial release

CMA Foudray, SG Lawson, EM Lowder - American Journal of Criminal …, 2023 - Springer
Pretrial reform efforts have facilitated earlier release of pretrial defendants, raising potential
concerns about an increase in failure to appear (FTA) rates. Prior research has shown …

An Item-Based Revalidation of the Florida Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument

N Goulette, K Johnson - Corrections, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Scholars and practitioners continue to examine the growing pretrial detainee population.
These individuals have not been convicted of a crime, and yet they sit in detention, taxing jail …

Technical Violations and Their Effects on Pretrial/Bond Supervision Outcomes

HR Zettler, KD Martin - Criminal Justice and Behavior, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The use of pretrial and bond supervision commonly referred to as supervised release has
increased over the last several decades due to burgeoning jail and prison populations …

Problematic Substance Use and the Pretrial Period: Risk-and Needs-Based Supervision Strategies

CMA Foudray - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The United States currently leads the developed world in incarceration rates, driven
primarily by pretrial populations. Pretrial reform advocates have argued for the …