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UrduHaving a defense attorney present at an initial bail hearing lowered the use of cash bail and pretrial detention without increasing the odds that a defendant won’t show up at a preliminary hearing, according to a new study co-authored by UAlbany Professor of Public Administration and Policy Shawn Bushway.
Tag: bail reform
Study: New York’s Bail Reform Law Did Not Increase Crime
New York’s bail reform law had a negligible effect on crime, a study by a recent PhD recipient and a professor in the University at Albany’s School of Criminal Justice found.
Utah public safety research in focus following Chicago violence
In a briefing on July 9, Chicago Police Department Superintendent David Brown invoked research by University of Utah professors Paul Cassell and Richard Fowles to support a call for reform of the city’s policies on releasing defendants in violent crimes.…
Policing one of many abuses inflicted by the criminal justice system
Protests against racism and police violence escalated across the country this week, with many protesters injured and arrested by police. Joe Margulies, professor of law and government at Cornell University, is a civil rights attorney and expert on the national…