NCJ Number
50160
Date Published
1976
Length
13 pages
Annotation
A COMPARISON OF TIME FROM ARREST TO TRIAL AND FROM ARREST TO DISPOSITION, AN ANALYSIS OF THE DISPOSITION AND SENTENCE ITSELF, DATA REGARDING DISMISSALS, AND DATA DEALING WITH THE ARRESTEE ARE PROVIDED.
Abstract
THROUGH A REVIEW OF INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CASE FILES, THE FOLLOWING DATA ARE PROVIDED FOR THE PROCESSING OF UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS PART I (MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, LARCENY, BURGLARY, AUTO THEFT, AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT) ARRESTEES: ARRESTS BY CRIME; NUMBERS RELEASED AND DETAINED IN JAIL ACCORDING TO OFFENSE; OUTCOME ANALYSIS OF CASES PROSECUTED; ANALYSIS OF GUILTY PLEAS AND VERDICTS BY OFFENSE; ANALYSIS OF ORIGINAL CHARGE AND PLEA TO REDUCED CHARGE BY CRIME; ANALYSIS OF DISMISSALS AND ACQUITTALS BY CRIME; REASONS FOR DISMISSAL BY OFFENSE; TYPE OF SENTENCE BY CRIME; AND TIME FRAME FOR CASES. OF THE 50 CASES FILED WITH THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR PART I OFFENSES DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY 1975 THROUGH AUGUST 1975, 58 PERCENT WERE BURGLARIES; CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON (MURDER, RAPE, ROBBERY, AND ASSAULT) ACCOUNTED FOR 26 PERCENT, WHILE LARCENY WAS 16 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL. OF THE 50 ARRESTEES, 40 PERCENT WERE PLACED ON BAIL, 20 PERCENT WERE RELEASED ON THEIR OWN RECOGNIZANCE, AND 34 PERCENT REMAINED IN JAIL. EIGHTY-SIX PERCENT WERE EVENTUALLY PROSECUTED, WHILE 12 PERCENT OF THE CASES WERE DISMISSED ON THE MOTION OF THE PROSECUTOR. ONE ARRESTEE FAILED TO APPEAR BEFORE THE COURT. SEVENTY-TWO PERCENT OF THE ARRESTEES WERE CONVICTED EITHER ON THE ORIGINAL CHARGE OR A REDUCED CHARGE. SIX PERCENT WERE GIVEN A PRISON SENTENCE, 12 PERCENT RECEIVED A 120-DAY SENTENCE, AND 46 PERCENT WERE PLACED ON PROBATION. ONE ARRESTEE RECEIVED A JAIL SENTENCE. SUPPORTING DATA ARE TABULATED. (RCB)