Table 1:

Descriptive Statistics

	All Defendants	White Defendants	Black Defendants
Panel A: Pretrial Release	(1)	(2)	(3)
Released Before Trial	0.730	0.767	0.695
Share ROR	0.852	0.852	0.851
Share Money Bail	0.144	0.144	0.145
Share Other Bail Type	0.004	0.004	0.004
Share Remanded	0.000	0.000	0.000
Panel B: Defendant Characteristics
White	0.478	1.000	0.000
Male	0.821	0.839	0.804
Age at Arrest	31.97	32.06	31.89
Prior Rearrest	0.229	0.204	0.253
Prior FTA	0.103	0.087	0.117
Panel C: Charge Characteristics
Number of Charges	1.150	1.184	1.118
Felony Charge	0.362	0.355	0.368
Misdemeanor Charge	0.638	0.645	0.632
Any Drug Charge	0.256	0.257	0.256
Any DUI Charge	0.046	0.067	0.027
Any Violent Charge	0.143	0.124	0.160
Any Property Charge	0.136	0.127	0.144
Panel D: Pretrial Misconduct, When Released
Pretrial Misconduct	0.299	0.266	0.332
Share Rearrest Only	0.499	0.498	0.499
Share FTA Only	0.281	0.296	0.269
Share Rearrest and FTA	0.220	0.205	0.232
Total Cases	595,186	284,598	310,588
Cases with Defendant Released	434,201	218,256	215,945

Notes. This table summarizes the NYC analysis sample. The sample consists of bail hearings that were quasi-randomly assigned judges between November 1, 2008 and November 1, 2013, as described in the text. Information on demographics and criminal outcomes is derived from court records as described in the text. Pretrial release is defined as meeting the bail conditions set by the first assigned bail judge. ROR (released on recognizance) is defined as being released without any conditions. FTA (failure to appear) is defined as failing to appear at a mandated court date.