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- Title
Unintended Consequences of Multiple Bail Conditions for Youth1.
- Authors
Sprott, Jane B.; Sutherland, Jessica
- Abstract
Within the Criminal Code, and more recently the Youth Criminal Justice Act, the legislated goals of bail release conditions appear to be focused on the grounds for detention; in particular, to help ensure court attendance and to reduce the risk of reoffending. While Canadian research has explored the impact of multiple conditions on the likelihood of returning to court for failing to comply with orders, there has been no investigation into whether or not numerous conditions actually help to achieve their main legislated purposes of ensuring court attendance and reducing the likelihood of reoffending while on release. Using a large representative sample of completed youth court cases, we investigate the relationship between the imposition of numerous conditions and the achievement of those goals. We find that the use of numerous release conditions is not associated with an increased likelihood of court attendance or with a decreased likelihood of returning to court with new criminal (violence, property, drug) charges. Instead, numerous conditions are related only to an increased likelihood of subsequent failing-to-comply charges. The necessity of imposing numerous release conditions is called into question.
- Subjects
CANADA; BAIL; LEGAL status of youth; CRIMINAL codes; CODIFICATION of law; DETENTION of persons
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Criminology & Criminal Justice, 2015, Vol 57, Issue 1, p59
- ISSN
1707-7753
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/CJCCJ.2014.E09