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Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2004 - Statistical Tables

Table 10. Type of pretrial release or detention of felony defendants, by most serious arrest charge, 2004

Most serious arrest charge		Percent of felony defendants in the 75 largest counties
		Released before case disposition																				Detained until   case disposition
		Financial release											Nonfinancial release
		Total financial		Surety   bond		Deposit   bond		Full cash   bond		Property   bond			Total non-   financial		Recognizance		Conditional		Unsecured			Held on   bail		Denied bail
All offenses		32	%	25	%	5	%	1	%	1	%		26	%	14	%	9	%	2	%		37	%	6	%
Violent offenses		34	%	26	%	6	%	1	%	1	%		17	%	7	%	9	%	1	%		41	%	8	%
	Murder	9		6		0		0		3			3		3		1		0			52		36
	Rape	37		26		6		3		1			15		8		7		1			41		8
	Robbery	26		20		6		0		0			16		7		9		--			52		7
	Assault	38		28		7		1		1			17		7		9		1			38		8
	Other violent	38		34		3		2		--			19		10		8		1			37		7
Property offenses		27	%	23	%	3	%	1	%	1	%		29	%	17	%	9	%	3	%		37	%	6	%
	Burglary	25		22		3		1		1			20		11		7		3			47		8
	Larceny/theft	29		25		3		1		1			29		15		11		4			36		5
	Motor vehicle theft	18		16		2		1		0			21		11		9		1			55		6
	Forgery	34		26		4		1		3			38		24		13		2			21		7
	Fraud	32		29		2		1		0			40		26		11		4			23		4
	Other property	26		19		5		2		2			38		25		8		4			31		5
Drug offenses		32	%	24	%	7	%	1	%	1	%		28	%	15	%	10	%	3	%		35	%	5	%
	Trafficking	37		25		11		1		1			23		12		10		2			36		4
	Other drug	28		23		4		1		1			32		17		11		4			35		5
Public-order offenses		38	%	31	%	5	%	1	%	--	%		27	%	18	%	7	%	3	%		30	%	5	%
	Weapons	39		26		12		1		1			19		13		5		2			37		5
	Driving-related	46		41		2		2		--			24		15		8		1			27		4
	Other public-order	30		27		3		1		--			36		24		7		5			28		6
Note: Data on specific type of pretrial release or detention were available for 90% of all cases. Detail may not add to total because of rounding. --Less than 0.5%.

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