Please help! The local justice court in a small rural county in the U.S. needs a consultant to help them address issues surrounding bail. Leaders in the community have voiced concerns about how the current bail system affects certain segments of the population. In particular, a concern has been raised about how the system unfairly penalizes those of the lower socio-economic classes. The court wants to address these concerns and ensure they are using bail appropriately. They want to establish policies surrounding bail that do not discriminate against defendants based on wealth, or any other factor. The court still needs to ensure the policies are effective at motivating defendants to appear in court though. Imagine you have been hired as the consultant to assist the court with this issue. Please do the following:

a) Describe the individual components of the consulting process and explain how each component might be addressed in this situation.

b) Explain some consulting best practices that you would use at the beginning, middle, and end of this consulting project.

c) Describe the approaches you would use when working with the stakeholders in the court and others on your consulting team.

d) Please include at least four quotes and four peer-reviewed sources.