Dollars and Sense in Cook County: Examining the Impact of General Order 18.8A on Felony Bond Court Decisions, Pretrial Release, and Crime
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Dollars and Sense in Cook County: Examining the Impact of General Order 18.8A on Felony Bond Court Decisions, Pretrial Release, and Crime
Loyola Faculty Contributor
Don D. Stemen
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Don D. Stemen ; David Olson
Abstract
Bail reform efforts across the United States have accelerated in recent years, driven by concerns about the overuse of monetary bail, the potentially disparate impact of pretrial detention on poor and minority defendants, and the effects of bail decisions on local jail populations. Proponents of bail reform advocate for reducing or eliminating the use of monetary bail, arguing that many defendants are held in jail pretrial solely because they cannot afford to post bail. Opponents counter that reducing the use of monetary bail or increasing the number of people released pretrial could result in more defendants failing to appear for court hearings (FTAs) or committing crimes while on pretrial release.
With data provided to the Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) at the City University of New York, Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice undertook an evaluation of the impact of GO18.8A on four outcomes: bond court decisions, pretrial release, pretrial release outcomes (FTAs, new criminal activity, and new violent criminal activity), and crime rates. This research was funded as part of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge Research Consortium.
With data provided to the Institute for State and Local Governance (ISLG) at the City University of New York, Loyola University Chicago’s Center for Criminal Justice Research, Policy, and Practice undertook an evaluation of the impact of GO18.8A on four outcomes: bond court decisions, pretrial release, pretrial release outcomes (FTAs, new criminal activity, and new violent criminal activity), and crime rates. This research was funded as part of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Safety and Justice Challenge Research Consortium.
Date
1-Nov-20
Publisher
Safety and Justice Challenge Research Consortium
Bibliographic Citation
Don Stemen and David Olson. Dollars and Sense in Cook
County: Examining the Impact of General Order 18.8A on
Felony Bond Court Decisions, Pretrial Release, and Crime.
Chicago: Loyola University Chicago, 2020. https://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Report-Dollars-and-Sense-in-Cook-County.pdf
County: Examining the Impact of General Order 18.8A on
Felony Bond Court Decisions, Pretrial Release, and Crime.
Chicago: Loyola University Chicago, 2020. https://www.safetyandjusticechallenge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Report-Dollars-and-Sense-in-Cook-County.pdf