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[...]because we were interested in examining pretrial days in detention on pretrial outcome, we were forced to exclude a large number of defendants from our sample who were not released pretrial (and thus could not have experienced FTA or been arrested) as well as a large number of defendants for wh...

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Published in:Federal Probation 2016-06, Vol.80 (1), p.22
Main Authors: Bechtel, Kristin, Flores, Anthony W, Holsinger, Alexander M, Lowenkamp, Christopher T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correctional treatment programs
Experiments
Imprisonment
Peer review
Prisons
Recidivism
Researchers
Studies
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Summary:[...]because we were interested in examining pretrial days in detention on pretrial outcome, we were forced to exclude a large number of defendants from our sample who were not released pretrial (and thus could not have experienced FTA or been arrested) as well as a large number of defendants for whom key data were missing. [...]this research represents the second study to examine the effect of days in pretrial detention on pretrial outcome, and the first attempt at fostering an organized skepticism about this topic.
ISSN:0014-9128
1555-0303