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This report’s executive summary examines the organization of the bonding sector, rules for bondsmen, the day-to-day activities of bondsmen, and the outcomes of a quantitative analysis of bonding activities in six jurisdictions.
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Interviews with bondsmen, representatives of insurance companies that underwrite bail bonds, employees of organizations that regulate bail bond services, representatives of the criminal justice system, and people who support the increased use of alternatives to cash bail gave researchers knowledge about how the bail bonding system functions. Court and bondsmen’s records, as well as interviews with local criminal justice officials and bondsmen, provided the data for the quantitative analysis of bail bondsmen’s business activities in six jurisdictions. Data were gathered in 1980 and 1981. The study sheds light on the economics of bail bonding as well as the function of bondsmen in the criminal justice system. The incentives and restrictions related to bondsmen’s work in specific jurisdictions heavily influence their behavior.
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According to the paper, in order to stop abuses, the bail bonding sector should be closely watched, and regulations should be actively enforced. Research on the effects of deposit bond systems, the outcomes of pretrial release in jurisdictions without bondsmen, and the expenses of alternative pretrial release mechanisms are also advised, as are licencing exams that gauge candidates’ aptitude for handling bonding tasks. 61 footnotes, 3 tables, and a 45-item bibliography are included.
