Pretrial Justice - The honoring of the presumption of innocence, the right to bail that is not excessive, and all other legal and constitutional rights afforded to accused persons awaiting trial while balancing these individual rights with the need to protect the community, maintain the integrity of the judicial process, and assure court appearance.¹

Pretrial Services Legal and Evidence Based Practices - Interventions and practices that are consistent with the legal and constitutional rights afforded to accused persons awaiting trial and methods research have proven to be effective in reducing unnecessary detention while assuring court appearance and the safety of the community during the pretrial stage²

¹VanNostrand, Marie and Gena Keebler. "Our Journey Toward Pretrial Justice" in The Journal of Federal Probation, Volume 71, Number 2, (September 2007) pp. 20-25.

²VanNostrand, Marie. 2007. "Legal and Evidence Based Practices: Application of Legal Principles, Laws, and Research to the Field of Pretrial Services". The Crime and Justice Institute and the National Institute of Corrections.

As the nation’s leading criminal justice consulting firm specializing in the pretrial stage of the criminal justice system, Luminosity is nationally recognized as the pioneer of multi-jurisdictional pretrial risk assessment, pretrial services legal and evidence based practices (LEBP) and a leader in Pretrial Justice.

Luminosity provides the following expert consulting and training services in support of criminal justice communities in their pursuit of pretrial justice.

• Program development, assessment, evaluation and re-engineering
• Risk assessment development and implementation
• Bail recommendation guidelines development and implementation
• Case classification supervision guidelines development and implementation
• Justice system stakeholder and pretrial services staff trainings including pretrial justice, legal and evidence based practices, motivational interviewing, and cognitive behavioral therapy and social learning theory
• Pretrial legal and evidence based practices (LEBP) training and implementation including motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy and social learning theory, outcome and performance measures, objective and research based risk assessment, and much more