Release on Recognizance - Substantive of Superficial Reform?

• NCJ Number: 83227
• Journal: Criminology Volume: 20 Issue: 1 Dated: (May 1982) Pages: 67-82
• Author(s): T S Bynum
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 16 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77-NI-99-0036
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: This is a revision of a paper presented at the 1979 meetings of the American Society of Criminology held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Annotation

In the early 1960s, release on recognizance was hailed as a method through which inequities inherent in the system of monetary bail could be reduced. Although the use of release on recongizance has become an accepted practice, these programs have escaped close examination. Using logit analysis, this article investigates the factors upon which release on recognizance was based in a western city.

Abstract

The findings suggest that decisions to release on recognizance were made more in accord with traditional criteria rather than those espoused by this reform movement. (Publisher abstract)