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Harris County - Pretrial Services

 

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​In providing pretrial services, the department receives and uses information from a variety of sources.  A selection of relevant documents is provided here to offer some insight into current data and issues related to this area of criminal justice.
 

  • Bail
    • US District Court Opinion in Alberti vs Sheriff of Harris County, Texas
      406 F. Supp. 649, December 1975 (221 Kb)
    • Chapter 17 Bail, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
    • Reassessment of the Bail Classification Instrument and Pretrial Practices in Harris County
      Harris Courty, Texas, June 1997 (202 Kb)
    • Bail Classification Profile Project
      State Justice Institute, September 1993 (Large File - 7.5 Mb)
    • A Second Look at Alleviating Jail Crowding - A Systems Perspective
      Bureau of Justice Assistance, October 2000 (NCJ 182507) (Large File - 1.1Mb)
  • Pretrial Services
    • The Pretrial Services Reference Book
      Pretrial Services Resource Center, December 1999 (Large File - 9.2 Mb)
    • Pretrial Services Programs - Responsibilities and Potential
      National Institute of Justice, March 2001 (NCJ 181939) (Large File - 1.4Mb)
  • Risk and Need Assessment
    • Pretrial Drug Testing - An Overview of Issues and Practices
      Bureau of Justice Assistance, July 1999 (NCJ 176341)
    • Integrating Drug Testing into a Pretrial Services System - 1999 Update
      Bureau of Justice Assistance, July 1999 (NCJ 176340) (Large File - 680kb)
    • Predicting Pretrial Misconduct with Drug Tests of Arrestees - Evidence from Six Sites
      National Institute of Justice, January 1996 (NCJ 157108)
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