Pretrial detention and supervision
Evaluation of the Field Test of Supervised Pretrial Release Final Report
Effects of pretrial risk assessments on release decisions and misconduct outcomes relative to practice as usual
Just Science Podcast: Just Reforming Pretrial Policies
Differential prediction and disparate impact of pretrial risk assessments in practice: a multi-site evaluation
Informing the Use of GPS Monitoring in Pretrial Probationary Supervision: A Process and Impact Assessment
Strengthening data-driven pretrial release in New Jersey
A Process and Impact Evaluation of Illinois' Policy to Eliminate Cash Bail and Reform Pretrial Practices
The Impact of Neighborhood Status on Imprisonment for Firearm Offenses
NIJ Research and Evaluation on the Administration of Justice, Fiscal Year 2021
Pretrial Drug Testing and Defendant Risk
Process Evaluation of the Multnomah County Drug Testing and Evaluation Program
Drug Testing and Pretrial Misconduct: An Experiment on the Specific Deterrent Effects of Drug Monitoring Defendants on Pretrial Release
Specifying the Relationship Between Arrestee Drug Test Results and Recidivism
Drug Tests and the Prediction of Pretrial Misconduct: Findings and Policy Issues
Home Detention With Electronic Monitoring: Comparing Pretrial and Postconviction Programs
Drug Treatment Needs Among Adult Arrestees in Baltimore
Use of Hair Analysis in a Pretrial Diversion Program in New Orleans
Early Intervention by Counsel: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the Presence of Counsel at Defendants' First Appearances in Court
Solutions in Corrections: Using Evidence-based Knowledge
Professor Ed Latessa describes how his team and he assessed more than 550 programs and saw the best and the worst. Professor Latessa shared his lessons learned and examples of states that are trying to use evidence-based knowledge to improve correctional programs.
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Changing the Behavior of Drug-Involved Offenders: Supervision That Works
A small number of those who commit crimes are heavily involved in drugs commit a large portion of the crime in this country. An evaluation of a "smart supervision" effort in Hawaii that uses swift and certain sanctioning showed that individuals committing crimes who are heavily involved in drug use can indeed change their behavior when the supervision is properly implemented.
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Discussing the Future of Justice-Involved Young Adults
New science in brain development is transforming young adult involvement with the justice system. On Tuesday, September 8, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and experts from NIJ and the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice who serve on the Executive Session on Community Corrections discussed the future of justice-involved young adults.
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Crime File: Out on Bail
This video, number 5 in the Crime File series, portrays a 3-member panel discussing the rate of rearrests among persons on pretrial release, features of the 1984 Federal bail law designed to prevent the pretrial release of dangerous persons, ways to reduce rearrests of pretrial releasees, and constitutional issues raised by preventive detention.
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