Author Question: Define bail and provide its origin and purpose. Include in your response how bail can contribute to ... (Read 67 times)

lb_gilbert · **on:** Aug 13, 2018

Define bail and provide its origin and purpose. Include in your response how bail can contribute to inequities in the treatment of defendants.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

In his Masculinities and Crime, what did Messerschmidt call men's struggle to dominate women in order to prove their manliness?

a. doing domination b. doing machismo
c. doing tough d. doing gender

makaylafy · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 13, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Bail represents money or some other security provided to the court to ensure the appearance of the defendant at trial. The right to bail comes from the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; it is meant to ensure that the defendant appears at trial. Bail penalizes the indigent offender who does not have the means to pay the bond; failing to make bail appears to increase both the risk of being convicted and the degree of punishment received

Answer to Question 2

d