Comparing the relationships between money bail, pretrial risk scores, and pretrial outcomes.
Samantha A ZottolaSarah L DesmaraisPublished in: Law and human behavior (2022)
Our findings do not support the use of money bail for ensuring that people return to court and avoid rearrest. Instead, our findings suggest that using pretrial risk assessment, instruments could result in more accurate and appropriate release decisions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).