Rising pretrial release raises community-safety concerns backed by rearrest data.

Evidence

But as the number of defendants released before trial has risen, so has concern that they might pose a threat to the community. … 16 percent of those released were rearrested before trial and 30 percent of those rearrested were rearrested more than once. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1698

Categorization

• XREF: Tracks the shift from appearance-only bail criteria to dangerousness, which the federal Bail Reform Act of 1984 codified. — connects to: Fearful publics endorse broad surveillance since safety outweighs privacy

Broader Connections

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