PHILADELPHIA - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS - RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE PROGRAM - REFUNDING EVALUATION REPORT, JULY 1, 1974 - JANUARY 31, 1975

• NCJ Number: 30684
• Author(s): R A WILSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 52 pages
• Grant Number(s): PH-237-74A
• Sponsoring Agency: Pennsylvania Governor's Justice Cmssn
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE FUNCTIONS OF THIS PROGRAM ARE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COURTS REGARDING ELIGIBILITY FOR RELEASE ON RECOGNIZANCE (ROR) AND TO INSURE THE APPEARANCE OF ROR DEFENDANTS AT HEARINGS AND OTHER PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURES.

Abstract

THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA WERE UTILIZED IN THE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY: THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF DEFENDANTS GRANTED ROR, THE PERCENTAGE OF ALL DEFENDANTS WHO FAIL TO APPEAR (FTA) AT SCHEDULED HEARINGS, AND THE OVERALL EFFICIENCY INDEX, WHICH PROVIDES A SINGLE INDICATOR OF PROJECT OUTPUT AS COMPARED TO PROJECT INPUT. COMPARING THE PHILADELPHIA ROR PROJECT WITH SIMILAR PROGRAMS IN OTHER LARGE CITIES REVEALS THAT THIS PROJECT IS CONSIDERABLY MORE EFFICIENT, AS JUDGED BY BOTH FTA RATES AND EFFICIENCY INDICES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)