{"id":12637,"date":"2025-11-18T08:58:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/?p=12637"},"modified":"2026-01-30T08:15:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T16:15:19","slug":"understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aiasurety.com\/bail\/understanding-bail-reform-research-and-propaganda-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda: Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Understanding Bail Reform Research and Propaganda (Part 4 of 4):<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n

Harry Frank Guggenheim<\/span><\/h2>\n

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We have now gone through three studies that have all claimed that bail reform is not connected to any rise in crime. In fact, each of the studies have made the claim that not only was there no increase in crime related to bail reform, but communities were actually safer.<\/p>\n

As we reviewed each of these studies, it was very apparent that these findings were not backed up with any sort of reliable data. The studies even pointed out their own deficiencies and limitations, but even still, the headlines promoting the studies continued to make outrageous and disingenuous claims. We found that all of the reports used the same circular reference structure citing each other and using the same sources to support their findings. To say that any of these research reports can be used to drive safe and responsible criminal justice policy is both dishonest and dangerous.<\/p>\n

\"hfg\"The next, and last, study in our Bail Research series is from the Harry Frank Guggenheim organization. As you will see, the pattern stays the same with this study<\/a>… the same findings that bail reform has not increased crime, the same citations, the same sources, and the same self cited limitations and deficiencies.<\/p>\n

Is Bail Reform Causing an Increase in Crime<\/a>
\nJanuary 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last study and Par four of our Bair Reform Research series was conducted by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. HFG is a well-known charitable foundation focused on progressive policies. They have been very active in the bail reform fight supporting various pieces of legislation and efforts around the country to eliminate secured bail. The most notorious being HFG\u2019s support for Proposition 47 in California. This is the California proposition that decriminalized most felonies (especially drug related charges) and reduced them to misdemeanors. This policy had an enormous negative impact on public safety in California. It ignited the retail theft epidemic and caused the homelessness problem in California to skyrocket. Knowing this background, it is hard to take any study coming from this organization seriously.<\/p>\n

The study\u2019s methodology and primary objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n