Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January Through December 2005

• NCJ Number: 216721
• Author(s): Marian Gewirtz
• Date Published: November 2006
• Length: 109 pages
• Corporate Author: New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc
• Sale Source: New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This annual report provides comprehensive information on arrest and court activity for juveniles arrested for serious crimes and entered into the adult criminal justice system for January through December 2005.

Abstract

Highlights from the annual report include: (1) overall, there were 1,953 arrests for juvenile offender offenses in 2005, somewhat higher than arrests reported in 2001 to 2004; (2) there were 661 cases arraigned with juvenile offender offenses during this reporting period, more than in any year between 2000 and 2004; (3) a total of 644 dockets reached disposition in the criminal court during the reporting period; (4) the volume of juvenile offender cases that reached the State supreme court in 2005 (353) was higher than in 2004 (294) and was higher than in recent years; (5) citywide, 317 juvenile offender cases reached disposition in the State supreme court in 2005, a 30 percent increase from 2004; (6) 203 sentences in the State supreme court in 2005 were for juvenile offenders; (7) overall, more than half of the sentences for juvenile offenders in 2005 were custodial, this includes imprisonment (43 percent) or split sentences including both imprisonment and probation (11 percent); and (8) in relation to failure-to-appear, a total of 353 juveniles secured release on recognizance or release on bail in criminal court arraignments during 2005, an increase from 282 from the previous reporting period. This report provides descriptive information, such as charge type, borough of arrest, or gender, for processing activity that occurred during the reporting period at different decision points in the adult court process. The reporting period covers the 2005 calendar year, reflecting activity which occurred from January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2005. It is divided into seven sections: arrest, criminal court arraignment, criminal court disposition, supreme court first appearance, supreme court disposition, supreme court sentence, and failure-to-appear (FTA) rates. Tables, exhibits, and appendix