08/10/2019
Human services agents implore objective data as a way to "Do No Harm" to the patient with humanistic skewed perspectives, cultural in-competencies, and opinions. Judicial officers are expected to do the same; through defendant history, current life circumstance, ethical consideration, and community safety.
With the prevalence of technology, social media, and deliberate disinformation (pseudo-news)...
How is one to hold true to such a standard of practice?
When dealing with human lives, we must standardize systems that may determine treatment of that human being. Just as medical practitioners, judicial officers must model - "Do No Harm" to the individual facing pretrial detention.
Detention proven to increase familial dysfunction, disrupt financial health, increase physical/mental trauma, hinder self efficacy/esteem, promote recidivism (65% in CA), dismantle spiritual confidences, and poses barriers to positive communal support.
Intricate, standardized assessment tools may hold the answer to pretrial detention model.
Imagine the right to freedom;
Imagine innocence until proven guilty.
Read More:https://www.bja.gov/Publications/PretrialRiskAssessmentResearchSummary.pdf
