Choice Research Associates was awarded funding through the Maryland Statistical Analysis Center Special Emphasis Project, State Justice Statistics Program for Statistical Analysis Centers, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice to conduct the first longitudinal study of desistance in a community corrections population. This project, “Staying Close and Looking Back: An Examination of Desistance in a Maryland Community Corrections Population”, will examine a group of 9,400 individuals since the 1970s. Leveraging the efforts of the overall desistance project, a study on the impact of pretrial supervision and detainment on recidivism and failure to appear will also be conducted.

Several literature reviews have been developed in this project including:

• A detailed review of the pretrial literature and assessment tools is available here. A presentation summary is also available here.
• A summary of COVID-19's impact on pretrial practices is available here.
• An examination of the literature related to pretrial supervision on public safety is here.