Punishing Poverty: How Bail and Pretrial Detention Fuel Inequalities in the Criminal Justice System
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Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial. Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial release detains hundreds of thousands of defendants awaiting trial. Tracing the historical antecedents of the US bail system, with particular attention to the failures of bail reform efforts in the mid...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520298314
ISBN13:9780520298316
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 8.8"
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