NCJ Number
18669
Date Published
1975
Length
101 pages
Annotation
A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEGAL PROCEDURES AND STATED PURPOSES OF THE BAIL PROCESS IN ALASKA AND AN EXPOSITION OF STATISTICAL DATA AND PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL EFFECTS OF THE BAIL PROCESS FOR 1973.
Abstract
FOLLOWING A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE BAIL PROCESS IN ALASKA, THE STATISTICAL SECTION PRESENTS DATA ON BAIL RELEASE (BAIL RELEASE RATES, TIMEFRAME FOR SETTING OF BAIL AND TYPES OF BAIL RELEASE, RELEASE STATUS BY CRIME TYPE), REMANDS TO CUSTODY (CHARACTERISTICS OF DEFENDANTS REMANDED; DEFENDANTS REMANDED FOR NEW CRIMES; ACCUSED RECIDIVISTS RELEASED AGAIN PENDING RRIAL; AND, PERSONS REMANDED FOR FAILURES TO APPEAR AT SOME STAGE DURING THE PROCEEDING), AND DEFENDANTS REMAINING IN CUSTODY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.