Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives
The first comprehensive, international comparison of bail, this book examines how common-law countries condemn or provide alternatives to the American commercial bail bonding system. In his analysis of bail systems in 15 countries, F. E. Devine explains why other common-law countries consider the commercial provision of bail an obstruction of justice, and how they provide effective alternatives. Devine examines the pre-trial release alternatives in detail, arguing that they are at least as effective as commercial bail bonding.

Devine provides a complete, comparative analysis of bail in Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand and South Africa. He also examines the systems of Ireland, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. He details the prohibition of, and statutory provisions against, commercial bail in these common-law countries, and then highlights four alternative approaches to pre-trial release: recognizance, criminal penalties, non-financial conditions, and non-commercial financial security deposits. Devine argues that these options are as effective as commercial bail. This book is valuable to scholars of criminal justice, criminology, comparative law, political science, and sociology, and to criminal justice reformers and professionals.

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Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives
The first comprehensive, international comparison of bail, this book examines how common-law countries condemn or provide alternatives to the American commercial bail bonding system. In his analysis of bail systems in 15 countries, F. E. Devine explains why other common-law countries consider the commercial provision of bail an obstruction of justice, and how they provide effective alternatives. Devine examines the pre-trial release alternatives in detail, arguing that they are at least as effective as commercial bail bonding.

Devine provides a complete, comparative analysis of bail in Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand and South Africa. He also examines the systems of Ireland, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. He details the prohibition of, and statutory provisions against, commercial bail in these common-law countries, and then highlights four alternative approaches to pre-trial release: recognizance, criminal penalties, non-financial conditions, and non-commercial financial security deposits. Devine argues that these options are as effective as commercial bail. This book is valuable to scholars of criminal justice, criminology, comparative law, political science, and sociology, and to criminal justice reformers and professionals.

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Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives

Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives

by F. E. Devine
Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives

Commercial Bail Bonding: A Comparison of Common Law Alternatives

by F. E. Devine

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The first comprehensive, international comparison of bail, this book examines how common-law countries condemn or provide alternatives to the American commercial bail bonding system. In his analysis of bail systems in 15 countries, F. E. Devine explains why other common-law countries consider the commercial provision of bail an obstruction of justice, and how they provide effective alternatives. Devine examines the pre-trial release alternatives in detail, arguing that they are at least as effective as commercial bail bonding.

Devine provides a complete, comparative analysis of bail in Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand and South Africa. He also examines the systems of Ireland, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Scotland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. He details the prohibition of, and statutory provisions against, commercial bail in these common-law countries, and then highlights four alternative approaches to pre-trial release: recognizance, criminal penalties, non-financial conditions, and non-commercial financial security deposits. Devine argues that these options are as effective as commercial bail. This book is valuable to scholars of criminal justice, criminology, comparative law, political science, and sociology, and to criminal justice reformers and professionals.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275937324
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/30/1991
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile: 1550L (what's this?)

About the Author

F. E. DEVINE is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Southern Mississippi. Among his publications are several monographs and numerous articles on comparative criminal justice that have appeared in jourbanals in England, Australia, and the United States.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction to an International Perspective on Commercial Bail
The Illegality of Commercial Bail Bonding in Common Law
Statutory Provisions Against Commercial Bail Bonding
The Recognizance Alternative
The Criminal Penalties Alternative
The Nonfinancial Conditions Alternatives
The Noncommercial Financial Security Deposit Alternative
Commercial Bail and its Alternatives
Selected Bibliography
Index

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