In this article, we review a growing empirical literature on the effectiveness and fairness of the US pretrial system and discuss its…
Sheila Olmstead, professor of public affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, Austin, shared her thoughts on…
Background
In the fall of 2020, the release of Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System (“the Report”) marked a…
Many scholars, engineers, and policymakers believe that algorithmic fairness requires disregarding information about certain…
The Handbook on Pretrial Justice covers the front end of the criminal legal system from pretrial diversion to pretrial detention or release…
BOOK DESCRIPTIONCivil resistance is a method of conflict through which unarmed civilians use a variety of coordinated methods (strikes,…