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Heroin: From the Civil War to the 70s, and Beyond

The heroin story of the 1990s was ignored, by and large, until it became so popular that some among the white celebrity set developed addictions that subsequently received a good…

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Jul 2009

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Soldiers, Prisoners, Casualties—A Drug War's Characters

Just because the drug trade and the law enforcement crusade against it aren’t as obvious as they were in the past doesn’t mean drugs and the war against them have…

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Housing and Homelessness Justice

Chapter 7: Room for Reform? Bail and its Alternatives

Other cities have employed new methods of pre-trial monitoring to avoid setting financial bail. Given the scale of the city’s criminal justice system, would such an approach deliver both public…

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Economy Housing and Homelessness

Chapter 6: Bail, Truth and Consequences

The decision to impose financial bail can have an impact on the city’s jail costs, the ability of the court system to establish truth and an individual’s work, family, housing…

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Chapter 5: No Escape From The Politics Of Bail

Bail does serve a purpose: preventing defendants from skipping court. But in legislatures and courthouses, there’s political pressure to also use it to punish.

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Chapter 4: Judgment Calls—Judges and Bail

For the people behind the bench in New York City courtrooms, the bail decision comes loaded with technical nuance and practical consequences.

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Housing and Homelessness Justice

Chapter 3: Anatomy of The Bail Decision

Who goes free and who gets bail? Myriad factors affect this most crucial decision in the criminal justice process.

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Chapter 2: Process and Punishment in Arraignment Courts

Crucial decisions in the city’s justice system are made under difficult circumstances—at overcrowded arraignment courts where judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers operate with little information and scarce time.

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Chapter 1: The Punishing Price of NYC's Bail System

Many people in New York City’s jails today are behind bars only because they cannot afford the very low bail set in their minor criminal cases. This raises concerns about…