[1] This brief reviews a number of court date notification studies in which FTA rates were the primary outcome of interest. This report has attempted to replace the discussion of FTA rates with references to court appearance rates where possible. However, in order to maintain the integrity of the original studies, this report presents FTA rates for some studies and uses their terminology referring to failure to appear. Future research should focus on the main predictors of appearing in court and use the appropriate terminology.

[1]Participants were randomly sorted into one of four treatment groups: no reminder; a postcard reminder of upcoming court dates (reminder-only); a postcard reminder of upcoming court dates and the potential consequences of not appearing (reminder-consequences); and a postcard reminder of upcoming court dates, potential consequences of an FTA, and the benefits of appearing (reminder-combined).

[2] Three different versions of the pre-court text messages were implemented and tested. The first version of the text emphasized the consequences of not appearing in court (warrant), the second version of the text focused on assisting individuals in developing concrete plans to appear in court, and the final version of the text combined the consequences and plan-making messaging.