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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Pretrial"”.
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Pretrial Supervision’s Prediction for Probation
Pretrial interventions are being investigated nationally to determine what is most beneficial for both the Courts and defendants to ensure public safety and court appearance. This study is one of the first to examine the impact of pretrial interventions (jail and community supervision) and …
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Pretrial Reform Efforts and their Use in Texas
… the (unlawful) detainment of individuals at the pretrial stage. While jurisdictions across the U.S. have adopted risk assessments to inform pretrial decision-making, many question whether the use of such tools can truly provide unbiased evaluations. In turn, criminal justice agencies have begun …
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Can jury instructions reduce the negative impact of pretrial publicity?
The increasing prevalence of pretrial publicity (PTP), media coverage of a case that occurs prior to a trial, raises concerns about fair trials. Jurors may rely on pretrial information rather than trial information to decide the fate of a defendant and may even confuse the sources of the …
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Pre-employment character assessments for United States pretrial services and probation officers
… and how perception is necessary in the Federal Pretrial Services and Probation Officer's profession. What makes one person's character good and another's less than good? Are there tests currently being used to test for strength of character or are they really testing for ethical sensitivity or …
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United States probation/pretrial officers' concerns about victimization and officer safety training
… manual changed the role of the U.S. Probation/Pretrial Officer from predominately that of a social worker to an enforcement agent. Officers now perform enforcement activities and supervise a more dangerous clientele. This shift in responsibilities did not result in increased safety training. …
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Do age and media type influence the effects of pretrial publicity on verdicts?
Concerns about Pretrial Publicity (PTP) have grown with the rise of the internet and social media, leading to a near impossibility of selecting a jury that can ignore PTP and focus only on facts presented at trial. Previous research has shown participants exposed to negative PTP were more likely to …
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Ikiteisminė individualių darbo ginčų institucija: teorijos ir praktikos lyginamoji apžvalga /
… disputes can be divided into two segments: pretrial and juridical. During the pretrial stage, individual labour disputes are handled by labour disputes commissions which are established internally by companies, institutions and organizations. Labour dispute commission is an obligatory …
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Political Motive and Bail: The Effect of Prosecutorial Strategies on Pretrial Decisions in Federal Terrorism Trials
… understand how prosecutorial strategies affect pretrial decisions in U.S. terrorism trials and how pretrial decisions in turn affect the disposition of those trials. This research builds off of the work of Smith and Damphousse (1996) which compared terrorism indictees to traditional federal …
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Personal Beliefs and Public Print: The Influence of Pre-Existing Attitudes and Pretrial Publicity Information on Final Verdicts
<p>Pretrial publicity (PTP), defined as any news story about a case not yet in trial, has been shown to affect trial outcomes. Results, however, are mixed, with studies finding strong effects, others weaker effects, and some no effects. These differences are sometimes attributed to methodology and …
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Medidas alternativas a la prisión preventiva: Posibilidades de implementación de los servicios de antelación al juicio en la provincia de catamarca
… starts from the analysis of the excessive use of pretrial detention, establishing that automatic incarceration is adopted in the absence of knowledge of the personal circumstances of the accused. The non-existence of a reliable system for collecting and verifying data on detainees, and the absence …
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Assessing the Effects of the Ignition-Interlock Device on Recidivism
… during different post-arrest phases, including pretrial, probation, and combined pretrial and probation combined. Propensity score matching is used to account for the selection bias commonly present in observational studies of DWI offenders. Results indicate the ignition-interlock device has a …
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Benefits and Barriers to HIV Testing in a Population of Federal Detention Inmates
… testing is routinely offered only to “high risk” pretrial and sentenced inmates. We conducted a cross-sectional study with 721 pretrial and sentenced inmates who entered a large urban federal prison between August 2012 and June 2013. We explored HIV testing data for the inmates during this period …
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A Social Psychological Investigation of Community Sentiment Toward COVID-19 Mitigation Policies in the Justice System
… such as the early release of prisoners, the pretrial release of defendants, the suspension of fines and fees, and the prioritization of prisoner vaccination. Using a student sample (study 1) and a demographically-representative U.S. community sample (study 2), this dissertation found that …
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The Federal Workforce Development Program: An Analysis of Probationers and Characteristics Associated with and Predictive of Successful Reentry
… data from the United States Probation and Pretrial Services office in the Western District of Pennsylvania. Existing data examined included a sample of probationers who were enrolled in the Federal Workforce Development Program (WFD) and a sample of probationers who were not enrolled in …
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Psychological Flexibility and Experienced Vicarious Trauma Among United States Probation Officers
… difference in levels of vicarious trauma among pretrial, presentence, and post sentence units, and no correlation between vicarious trauma and length of service. Further, probation officers, officer specialists, and supervising probation officers all experienced vicarious trauma at the same …
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The effect of rapid dehydration on repeated bouts of short-term, high-intensity cycling exercise in college wrestlers
… were recorded by an integrated microcomputer. Pretrial plasma osmolality (PO), HTC, plasma electrolytes, and caloric intake (Kcal) were also measured. The wrestlers lost 4.5±1.0% (X±SD) bodyweight from H to D trials which increased PO and HTC (p<.01). There was a decline in plasma [K+] (p<.05) …
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Empirical Studies Of The Effects Of Legal Reforms On The Criminal Justice System In China
… to receive positive case outcomes regarding pretrial detention and probation decision. The third paper aims to study the effect of a new legal reform – “lawyers for all” – on case outcomes and the quality of legal aid service in the Chinese criminal justice system. This study finds that …
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Presentence detention in U.S. District Courts: the effects of race/ethnicity, gender, and social context
… and gender, and social context, on defendants’ pretrial status. This study employs a multilevel modeling strategy and uses criminal sentencing data (N=130,120) from the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) for fiscal years 2008 to 2010, across 89 U.S. District Courts, including supplemental data …
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