Research, assessments, and opinions on everything pretrial.

Resources

NYAPSA Library

Select a category to find various publications regarding pretrial release, cash bail, pretrial supervision, and more.

NIC - A Framework for Pretrial Justice: Essential Elements of an Effective Pretrial System and Agency

APPR Roadmap for Pretrial Advancement

APPR Guide to Pretrial Performance Measures

NIC Measuring What Matters

NAPSA Pretrial Standards: Revised 2024

NYAPSA 2024 Conference Schedule

Michael Rempel & Krystal Rodriguez

NYAPSA 2023: Pretrial Justice in a Changing Landscape

Jan 30, 2024Research

NYAPSA 2023: Trauma-Informed Practices

Jan 30, 2024Report

NYAPS 2023: A Conversation on Pretrial Justice, Strategic Planning and Available Tools

Oct 24, 2023Research

NYAPSA 2023: Effective Strategies for Enhancing Court Appearance and Preventing Warrants

Jan 24, 2024Research

NYAPSA 2023 Plenary: New York State Bail Reform

Oct 24, 2023Research

By Patrice James, James Kilgore, Gabriela Kirk, et al.

Cages Without Bars: Pretrial Electronic Monitoring Across the United States

Sep 1, 2022Research

Understanding the Impact of New York Bail Reform

Nov 1, 2022Research

Olive Lu, Erica Bond, Preeti Chauhan, & Michael Rempel

Bail Reform in Action: Pretrial Release Outcomes in New York State, 2019-2020

May 1, 2022Research

Tiffany Bergin, René Ropac and Imani Randolph

The Initial Collateral Consequences of Pretrial Detention

Sep 27, 2022Report

Dalia Sharps and Joanna Thomas

Factsheet: Identifying and Addressing Pretrial Needs

Laura Bennett and Jamil Hamilton

Freedom, Then the Press: New York Media and Bail Reform

Apr 2, 2021Research

The British Journal of Criminology

When Politicization Stops Algorithms in Criminal Justice

Jan 22, 2021Report

Current Issues in Criminal Justice

Evaluating the evidence in algorithmic evidence-based decision-making: the case of US pretrial risk assessment tools

Jan 17, 2021Research

Journal of Criminal Justice

Effects of pretrial risk assessments on release decisions and misconduct outcomes relative to practice as usual

Oct 20, 2020Research

Applied Economics

Pretrial justice reform and property crime: evidence from New Jersey

Sep 20, 2020Research

A Decade of Bail Research in New York City

Sep 10, 2020Report

Center for Court Innovation

Bail Reform in New York, Legislative Provisions and Implications

Sep 10, 2020Report

Melanie Skemer, Cindy Redcross, Howard Bloom

Pursuing Pretrial Justice Through an Alternative to Bail

Sep 1, 2020Report

NYAPSA Standards, 2020

Mar 2, 2020White Paper

NAPSA Standards, 2020

Mar 5, 2020White Paper

National Association Of Pretrial Services Agencies Covid-19 Policy Response Survey

Jun 19, 2020Research

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Predictive Validity of Pretrial Risk Assessments: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Jun 18, 2020Report

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Predictive Validity of Pretrial Risk Assessments: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Jun 18, 2020Report

Balancing Promise And Caution In Pretrial Risk Assessments

May 14, 2020Report

Research On The Effectiveness Of Pretrial Support And Supervision Services:

May 13, 2020Research

Pretrial Justice Reform: A Pathway for a Safer New York

May 12, 2020White Paper

Center for Court Innovation

Bail Reform in New York

Apr 11, 2019Research

Cashless Bail and Criminal Justice Reforms

Apr 20, 2020White Paper

New York, New York: Highlights of the 2019 Bail Reform Law

NYAPSA Standards Letter

Mar 2, 2020White Paper

Pretrial Services Standards Checklist

Mar 2, 2020White Paper

Pretrial Preventive Detention

Feb 6, 2020White Paper

Evaluation of Pretrial Justice System Reforms That Use the Public Safety Assessment

Nov 1, 2019Research

Prison Policy Imitative

How race impacts who is detained pretrial

Oct 16, 2019Research

Criminal Justice Policy Review

The Impact of Counsel at First Appearance on Pretrial Release in Felony Arraignments: The Case of Rural Jurisdictions

Sep 17, 2019Report

Justice Denied: The Harmful and Lasting Effects of Pretrial Detention

Apr 10, 2019Research

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Do Detainees Plead Guilty Faster? A Survival Analysis of Pretrial Detention and the Timing of Guilty Pleas

Apr 2, 2019Research

Pretrial Release Without Money: New York City, 1987-2018

Mar 1, 2019Report

Katherine Hood, Daniel Schneider

Bail and Pretrial Detention: Contours and Causes of Temporal and County Variation

Feb 19, 2019Research

NY Unified Court System

New York Justice Task Force Issues Report on Bail Reform

Feb 11, 2019Report

The Hamilton Project

The Economics of Bail and Pretrial Detention

Dec 1, 2018Report

Center for Justice, Safety, and Resilience

What do Criminal Justice Professionals Think About Risk Assessment at Pretrial?

May 16, 2018Research

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Unpacking Pretrial Detention: An Examination of Patterns and Predictors of Readmissions

May 10, 2018Research

Criminal Justice Policy Review

Misdemeanor Justice Project—A Focus on Criminal Justice System Responses to Lower Level Offenses

May 8, 2018Research

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Jailhouse Blues? The Adverse Effects of Pretrial Detention for Prison Social Order

Jan 10, 2018Research

New York City Comptroller

The Public Cost of Private Bail: A Proposal to Ban Bail Bonds in NYC

Jan 1, 2018White Paper

Pretrial Justice Institute

The State Of Pretrial Justice In America

Nov 1, 2017Report

MDRC/ Vera Institute

New York City’s Pretrial Supervised Release Program

Apr 1, 2017Report

Pitt Political Review

Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Abuse of Pretrial Detention in America

Mar 1, 2017White Paper

Crime and Justice Institute

Assessment of Pretrial Services in New York State

Jul 1, 2014Report

National Institute of Corrections

Measuring what matters

Aug 4, 2011White Paper

Pretrial Justice Institute

State Of The Science Of Pretrial Release Recommendations And Supervision

Jul 1, 2011White Paper

Standards on Diversion and Intervention

Nov 1, 2008Research

American Bar Association

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice

Jan 18, 2007White Paper