The Pretrial Process in Baltimore City: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Predicting Flight Risk

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dc.contributor.advisorPaternoster, Rayen_US
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Sharlene Anneen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-03T05:40:11Z
dc.date.available2010-07-03T05:40:11Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines and provides a preliminary update to Baltimore City's Bail- Risk Assessment Scales. It is based on a sample of 757 recent arrestees in Baltimore City, and specifically examines factors relating to current charge severity, prior record, substance use, and community stability and their impact on Failure to Appear (FTA) in court in conjunction with guidelines set forth by the National Association of Pretrial Services Agency (NAPSA) and the American Bar Association (ABA). Results suggest that Baltimore City's Bail- Risk Assessments can be condensed into one scale and be made more simple and effective. Additionally, the results suggest that Baltimore City uses and applies reasonable risk factors, but the measures are inappropriate. Finally, the results suggest that future risk assessments must be tailored to the population for which they are applied.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10485
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Criminology and Penologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBaltimoreen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMarylanden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPretrialen_US
dc.titleThe Pretrial Process in Baltimore City: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Predicting Flight Risken_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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