Bail and Pretrial Justice in the United States

Joshua Page and Christine S. Scott-Hayward

In this review of bail and pretrial justice, the authors analyze how the field of bail operates and why it operates as it does, focusing on its official and unofficial objectives, core assumptions and values, power dynamics, and technologies.

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