The Evolution of
Pretrial Detention Law
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About This Work
From the introduction by Ira Belkin:
“…One of the fundamental challenges for any criminal justice system is how to deal with individuals suspected of a crime before there has been adjudication of guilt or innocence. The power of the state to detain an individual on suspicion of committing a crime is one of the greatest powers the state has over an ordinary citizen. Under principles of international human rights and fundamental fairness, individuals who have not been convicted of a crime should be presumed innocent and not subject to any form of punishment, including incarceration, unless and until an appropriate tribunal has considered their case determined that they are guilty and deserving of punishment. At the same time, there is a real risk to the judicial process and society when a potentially dangerous individual is released from custody…Accordingly, every criminal justice system needs to have a process to determine which defendants can be released while awaiting trial, and under what conditions, and which defendants must be held in detention until their adjudication is final. The question we address in this book is how to strike the appropriate balance among these competing concerns…”
Compiled by:
Ira Belkin, Executive Director, USALI
Chi Yin, Research Scholar, USALI
Allen Clayton-Greene, Research Scholar
N. Elias Blood-Patterson, Research Scholar/Program Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: U.S.-PRETRIAL RELEASE HISTORY AND PRACTICE
Chapter 1: The History of Bail and Pretrial Release
by Timothy R. Schnacke, Michael R. Jones, Claire M. B. Brooker
Chapter 2: Fair Treatment for the Indigent: The Manhattan Bail Project
by the Vera Institute of Justice
Chapter 3: History of Bail in the United States and Risk Assessment in Bail
by Peter Kiers
Chapter 4: Pretrial Investigation and Pretrial Service Supervision
by Barry Weiner
Chapter 5: Assessing Pretrial Risk without a Defendant Interview
by Marie VanNostrand & Christopher T. Lowenkamp
Appendix I: US Laws and Cases
PART II: CHINA PRETRIAL RELEASE HISTORY AND PRACTICE
Chapter 6: “The Problem of Pretrial Detention”
by Mike McConville, Satnam Choongh, Pinky Choy Dick Wan, Eric Chui Wing Hong, Ian Dobinson and Carol Jones
Chapter 7: Unresolved Questions Regarding Pretrial Detention and Reforming the Role of Detention Center - Based Prosecutors - Establishing a System to Review the Necessity of Pretrial Detention
by DAN Wei
Chapter 8: On Improving the Pretrial Detention System in China
by BIAN Jianlin
Chapter 9: Alternatives to Detention and Support Systems for Juveniles Awaiting Trial - An Empirical Study
by SONG Yinghui, SHUANGGUAN Chungguang, and WANG Zhenhui
Chapter 10: Prosecutorial Review of the Necessity of Pretrial Detention
by LAN Xiangdong, WANG Ran
Chapter 11: Consideration of “Danger to the Community” as a Factor in Approving Daibu - An Empirical Analysis of its Effectiveness and Some Relevant Policy Proposals
by LI Hongliang
Chapter 12: Redefining the Power of Daibu: Improving the System of Checks and Balances in the People’s Republic of China
by LIN Lan
Chapter 13: An Empirical Analysis of the Review of “the Necessity of Detention”
by WU Minglai & SUN Hanmei
Appendix II: Relevant Laws of China
Praise for this Work
Brandon Garrett, L. Neil Williams Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
布莱登•加勒特，杜克大学法学院教授
I strongly recommend The Revolution of Pretrial Detention Law: a Comparative Study for a fascinating look at the uses and regulation of detention in the US and in China. This volume provides a clear overview of the law of bail in the US and a description of detention practices in the US and China. The book gathers important work from numerous great contributors. Original empirical data give a powerful and interesting window into the use of detention in China, and the rise of alternatives to detention for juveniles in China. Other chapters turn from the description to the prescriptive and offer novel suggestions for alternatives to detention in China. That discussion mirrors live policy and law debates in the US, in which alternatives to bail are increasingly being considered.
《审前羁押制度演变的比较研究》对美国和中国利用和规范羁押问题的研究引人入胜，我强烈推荐。本书清楚地勾勒了保释法律在美国的概况，详细描述了羁押问题在美国和中国的现实状况。它搜集了许多有影响的撰稿人的重要研究。书中的原始实证研究数据为了解羁押在中国的使用，以及针对中国未成年人新创的羁押替代方法提供了一个重要而独特的窗口。书中的其他章节从描述性研究到规范性研究，为中国的羁押替代措施提供了独创性的建议。在中国的讨论也反映了目前美国关于保释政策和法律问题的讨论，包括日益常用的保释替代方法。
