PREVENTIVE DETENTION |
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| Authors: | PHILIP BARIDON THOMAS McEWEN |
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| Affiliation: | St. Elizabeths Hospital;PRC Public Management Services, Inc. |
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| Abstract: | The authors suggest that the probability of an arrestee engaging in violent crime before trial should be recognized as on independent and legitimate concern of the courts. Some of the major practical and legal considerations in implementing a pretrial detention option are discussed. A model is proposed which would give prosecutors a uniform basis for the decision to request a judicial order to detain pending trial. The model is based upon a modification of the Sellin-Wolfgang index of seriousness. |
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