From the Archives: Court-Ordered Releases

This second entry in the From the Archives Series discusses CJA's 1987 study on Court-Ordered Releases
April 23, 2020
by Marian Gewirtz and Tiffany Bergin
Read the Original Study
A digitized copy of the original 1987 study on Court-Ordered Releases
Publications
From the Archives: Court-Ordered Releases
Marian Gewirtz
December 10, 1987

"The FTA rate at the first hearing was twice as high for those charged with misdemeanors as for their counterparts charged with felonies (12% compared to 6%)"

Rikers Island, 1980
From the Archives: Warrant Study
This post is part of our ongoing From the Archives series, in which we revisit some of CJA's classic research studies and show how their findings are relevant today. The previous post in this series is available here.
Justice In Practice
From the Archives: Improving Court Appearance Through Survey Research
Tiffany Bergin and Marian Gewirtz
March 20, 2020