NCJ Number
102092
Date Published
1984
Length
452 pages
Annotation
Participant materials for the 1984 Annual Conference on Pretrial Services (New Orleans, La.) include an agenda and paper and reports on the pretrial management of 'dangerous' defendants, pretrial release, pretrial diversion, and alternatives for the pretrial management of defendants.
Abstract
Papers on the pretrial management of 'dangerous' defendants include a comparative analysis of relevant State laws and ways to increase the use of such laws in appropriate cases. Draft public policy discussion papers in this general area are presented. Topics of these papers are the victim's role in the pretrial processing of 'dangerous' defendants, alternatives for reducing the risk posed by such defendants who are released before trial, the definition of 'public danger,' and problems hindering the implementation of State 'danger' laws. Reviews and comments on the aforementioned papers are provided. Presentations pertaining to pretrial release address facts about America's jails, bail reform in general, and an evaluation of an experiment in bail reform (pretrial release services agencies in Federal district courts). Other papers on pretrial release focus on juvenile detention, the 1979 Bail Reform Act, New York State's pretrial services, release on recognizance, some consequences of pretrial detention, and legal challenges to the new State 'danger' laws. Specific pretrial diversion programs under the Treatment Alternatives to Street Crime Program are reviewed along with other pretrial release programs.