Pretrial detention, often resulting from a defendant’s inability to afford bail, is one of the primary drivers of incarceration nationwide. The Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that two out of three people in local jails in 2016 were held while awaiting trial, having not yet been convicted...
Beyond_The_Algorithm1.pdf
The JFA Institute has prepared the attached response to the PJI position paper. JFA Position It summarizes the history of PRAs which were originally introduced by the Vera Institute in the 1960s to counter a socio-economic and racial bias in the bail bond system. #PretrialAssessment
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PSA Risk Factors and Pretrial Outcomes #PretrialAssessment
PSA Risk FActors.pdf
Well-designed predictive algorithms can provide information about defendant and offender risk that is more accurate and less biased than clinical decision making. But the full potential of risk assessment instruments can only be realized if the algorithms are properly constructed and properly...
SSRN-id33067231.pdf
Located in the south-central region of Arizona, Pima County has a population of 1,010,025 residents, making it the second most populous county in Arizona. Pima County is implementing a number of strategies to reduce the overuse of jails, such as expanding risk screening to all misdemeanor...
Located on the Gulf Coast of Texas, Harris County has a population of more than 4.5 million residents making it the most populous county in Texas and third most populous county in the nation. Harris County is implementing several strategies to reduce its jail population safely, including...
Located on Florida’s Atlantic coast, Palm Beach County is the state’s third most populous county, with 1,422,789 residents. The Palm Beach County Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) is the lead agency in the county’s work with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and...
Located in western Tennessee in the Mississippi Delta, Shelby County has a population of almost one million residents, making it the largest county in the state. Shelby County is implementing several strategies to reduce its jail population safely, including adopting a new pretrial risk...
This article looks at the racial fairness of pretrial assessments. New technologies such as risk assessments have been developed to intercept the individual discretion of practitioners. However, they too produce their share of unintended race-based consequences. How do we examine and address...
Race and Risk Assessment.pdf
As the national push to stem the tide of mass incarceration grows, state and local jurisdictions have increasingly adopted risk assessment tools in an effort to improve decision-making at key points, such as pretrial release, sentencing, or probation and parole case management. This article...
Monograph_March2017_Demystifying Risk Assessment_1.pdf
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