Bail Reform in Chicago Appears to Have Increased Crime
A reanalysis of data from the Cook County courts suggests that as more defendants were released before trial, more crimes resulted
Paul Cassell |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.19.2020 12:25 PM
In a study posted on SSRN today, my colleague Professor Richard Fowles and I explore the public safety implications of recent Cook County bail reforms. We review the Cook County Chief Judge's study of these reforms, which sanguinely asserted that as more defendants were released pretrial no additional crimes resulted. We believe that, properly assessed, the study's own data suggests a significant increase in crimes as a result of the changes. Our conclusions may have broader implications about the public safety dangers of bail reform.
https://reason.com/2020/02/19/bail-reform-in-chicago-appears-to-have-increased-crime/