The Downstream Consequences of Misdemeanor Pretrial Detention

The Downstream Consequences of Misdemeanor Pretrial Detention

In misdemeanor cases, pretrial detention poses a particular problem because it may induce otherwise innocent defendants to plead guilty in order to exit jail, potentially creating widespread error in case adjudication. While practitioners have long recognized this possibility, empirical evidence on the downstream impacts of pretrial detention on misdemeanor defendants and their cases remains li...

Eighth Amendment--Pretrial Detention: What Will Become of the Innocent

Efficiency of urban water detention methods in downstream cities

Opioid substitution treatment in pretrial prison detention: a case study from Geneva, Switzerland.

BACKGROUND Opioid substitution treatment (OST) is not uniformly provided in all prisons as recommended by international guidelines. The Swiss prison of Champ-Dollon in Geneva is an exception, where OST has been available for the last 20 years. The aims of this study were to describe the OST programme in this pretrial prison setting, and the patients involved. METHODS We reviewed health record...

To Detain or Not to Detain? Using Propensity Scores to Examine the Relationship between Pretrial Detention and Conviction

Title of Thesis: TO DETAIN OR NOT TO DETAIN? USING PROPENSITY SCORES TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PRETRIAL DETENTION AND CONVICTION Jacqueline Lee, Master of Arts, 2014 Thesis directed by: Associate Professor Brian Johnson, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice Scholars have long known that individuals who are detained prior to their sentencing fare worse in the criminal justice...