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                                    Pretrial Publication Webinar Series

      

                    
          
    Pretrial Publication Webinar Series
The past two decades have enhanced our understanding of pretrial risk. We now know that most individuals with pending criminal cases make scheduled court appearances and remain arrest-free as they await trial. When missed court dates occur, they often are not intentional absconding but rather the result of unintentional or unavoidable circumstances. Further, most new cases filed against pretrial defendants involve misdemeanors and lower-level felony charges, not violent crimes.

However, while we recognize the infrequent and dynamic nature of pretrial misconduct, most justice systems define and measure missed court appearances using the dated and overly broad “failure to appear” descriptor. They view new case filings mostly as serious offenses affecting public safety. The result is an overestimation of defendant risk and overly punitive responses to misconduct.
      
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          Court Nonappearance and New Case Filings: Redefining Pretrial Misconduct

            Court Nonappearance and New Case Filings: Redefining Pretrial Misconduct



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**Focus areas of this 90-minute interactive webinar include:**
• Overview of the concepts of court nonappearance and new case filings as alternatives to failure to appear and re-arrest as pretrial outcomes.
• Highlighting the nature of pretrial risk, missed court dates, and new case filings.
• Showcasing examples of responses to court nonappearance that do not result in bench warrants or incarceration

Incorporating Services and Support into Pretrial Supervision: Is There a Best Model?



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**Focus areas of this 90-minute interactive webinar include:**

Introducing NIC’s newest pretrial publication Incorporating Services and Support into Pretrial Supervision: IS there a Best Model?;
	Highlighting best and promising practices to address behavioral health and social services needs while promoting pretrial success; and
	Sharing practical examples from several jurisdictions of how to replicate treatment integration to improve pretrial outcomes.gavel
      
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              033681

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          Incorporating Services and Support into Pretrial Supervision: Is There a Best M...

  Publication Year
              2023

  Length
              68 minutes

  Authors
          Spurgeon Kennedy
          Barb Hankey
          Elizabeth Simoni
          Joel Bishop
          Greg Crawford
          Pamerson Ifill
          Kelly Bradford
          Michael Bouchard III
          Marianne Clear
          Gilbert Jaramillo
          Leslie LeMaster

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          National Institute of Corrections (NIC) (Washington DC)
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