Pretrial Services Programs: Responsibilities and Potential March 2001

This report provides a review of issues and practices in the pretrial services field. It describes how pretrial programs operate, discusses key policy issues, and outlines issues and challenges for the future. It pays particular attention to how pretrial services programs obtain and convey information relevant to the pretrial release/detention decision. It also describes how pretrial services agencies, the court, and other criminal justice system agencies can work together to minimize the risks of nonappearance and pretrial crime.

JMI NIJ Pretrial Services - Responsibilities and Potential MAR01 NCJ181939.pdf — PDF document, 1,413 kB (1,447,615 bytes)

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