Recently added articles from Federal Probation:
Introduction to Special Issue on the 25th Anniversary of Pretrial Services in the Federal System
Sep 01, 2007; Cadigan, Timothy P ... THIS SEPTEMBER'S ISSUE of Federal Probation is a celebration of the 25th Anniversary of passage of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982. It is a subject I feel passionately about and I knew instantly that I needed to be Guest Editor. The Act began the process of installing pretrial services in all ...
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Pretrial Services Act
Sep 01, 2007; Henry, Thomas ... AS THE SYSTEM CELEBRATES the 25th year of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982,' it is important to reflect on the changes that have taken place since the inception of pretrial services in the federal system. The enactment of a law as a tool to implement public policy usually reflects the will or ...
Enter... Stage Left.... U.S. Pretrial Services
Sep 01, 2007; Makowiecki, Donna; Wolf, Thomas J ... SHAKESPEARE HAD IT in As You Like It: "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances ...." By 1976 approximately 100 individuals entered the stage of the Federal Criminal Justice system with a new role as U.S. pretrial services ...
Pretrial Services in the Federal System: Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982
Sep 01, 2007; Cadigan, Timothy P ... THE PRETRIAL SERVICES ACT of 1982 (Act) began a process of inserting pretrial services into the fabric of the federal criminal justice system. That act followed the humble beginnings of the Speedy Trial Act of 1974. Title II of the 1974 Act authorized the Director of the Administrative Office of ...
The Pretrial Services Act: 25 Years Later
Sep 01, 2007; Henry, William ... THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 has special significance for the District of Maryland because this District was one of the 10 original "demonstration" pretrial services agencies in our federal system. The officers during the early years of pretrial services were true ...
A View from the Outside In
Sep 01, 2007; Walker, George M ... I AM TRULY ONE of the lucky ones-no, I have to say I have been blessed. Ten years ago, I was the chief probation officer for the largest county and city in the state of Indiana. Seven years ago, I became the chief U.S. pretrial services officer for the largest federal judicial district in our ...
Our Journey Toward Pretrial Justice1
Sep 01, 2007; VanNostrand, Marie; Keebler, Gena ... Pretrial Justice-The honoring of the presumption of innocence, the right to bail that is not excessive, and all other legal and constitutional rights afforded to accused persons awaiting trial while balancing these individual rights with the need to protect the community, maintain the integrity ...
Pretrial Services Outcome Measurement Plan in the Federal System: Step One, Improve Data Quality*
Sep 01, 2007; Baber, Laura; Mowry, Margaret; Cadigan, Timothy P ... THE PRETRIAL SERVICES ACT of 1982 instituted pretrial services in the federal criminal justice system, but current management and organizational thinking holds that instituting an outcome measurement system is key to seeing pretrial services mature and fully develop in its second 25 years. The ...
The Impact of the Federal Pretrial Services Act of 1982 on the Release, Supervision, and Detention of Pretrial Defendants
Sep 01, 2007; Byrne, James; Stowell, Jacob ... FOR MANY READERS of Federal Probation, it is common knowledge that the pretrial supervision of federal court defendants was authorized by President Ronald Reagan in 1982, with the signing of the federal Pretrial Services Act. However, most of us only know the date of the authorization; we are ...