Pretrial Release and Bail Decisions
The Effects of Legal, Community, and Personal Variables
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9681209 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles E Frazier (0000-0002-5733-4744, University of Florida, corresponding author), E Wilbur Bock, E Bock (University of Florida), John C Henretta (University of Florida) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 162-181 |
| Publication date | 1980-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1745-9125.1980.tb01357.x |
| OpenAlex | W1951903990 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 27 |
This study examines the relative effects of a number of legal and extralegal factors on (1) the decision to release on recognizance and (2) the decision on amount of money bail. Social science research on these issues has been sparse compared to that on other phases of the criminal justice process. Findings from a regression analysis show that the first step of the bond disposition process, the recognizance decision, is influenced by several factors. The demeanor of defendants in open court is the most important. Net of other influences, good demeanor increases the probability of release on recognizance by 34.8%. In cases where recognizance is denied, only two variables are related significantly to the amount of money bond. Net of other influences, a felony offense (as opposed to a misdemeanor) increases predicted bail by $2300, and poor demeanor increases the predicted bail required by $1600
Actuarial science · Bond · Criminal justice · Criminology · Decision process · Disposition · Economic Justice · Economics · Misdemeanor · Political science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Finance · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2022 (41) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |