NCJ Number
230137
Date Published
November 2009
Length
107 pages
Annotation
This report provides an overview of the numbers and types of arrests of juveniles for serious crimes in New York City for the year 2008, and describes disposition and release decisions in such cases.
Abstract
Highlights of the annual report include: 1) for 2008, there were 2,223 arrests in New York City under the 1978 Juvenile Offender (JO) Law; 2) 3 of every 10 of these arrests were filed in adult court and 1,549 cases (70 percent were declined prosecution or transferred to family court before arraignment; 3) among those cases disposed in criminal court during this reporting period, more than 6 of every 10 were transferred to supreme court; and 4) among those cases disposed in supreme court during this reporting period, a conviction was the most likely outcome (75 percent). In order to provide information regarding arrest and court activity for juveniles arrested for serious offenses, the New York City, Criminal Justice Agency, Inc. (CJA) developed this Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City. This report covers January through December of 2008. The report describes selected characteristics of those arrested, and also provides information on court activity for serious cases with juvenile defendants in the criminal (lower) and supreme (upper) court during the reporting period. Tables, exhibits, and appendix