NCJ Number
217368
Date Published
February 2005
Length
40 pages
Annotation
Data and information on arrests in New York City between July 1 and December 31, 2003, pertain to the work of the New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc. (CJA), which is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to provide pretrial services to defendants prosecuted in the adult criminal courts.
Abstract
One of CJA's goals is to decrease the number of days spent in detention by defendants who could be released to the community while awaiting trial. Other CJA goals are to screen defendants for a range of noncustodial services; reduce the rate of nonappearances in court by defendants on pretrial release; and provide information and research services to criminal justice policymakers, city officials, and the public. This report presents data on the distribution of interviewed cases by borough. This is followed by data on defendants' sex, age, ethnicity, and employment. Another section presents data and information on charge severity and type. Also presented are CJA pretrial release recommendations citywide and by borough, as well as by charge severity. Data and information on criminal court arraignment address arraignment outcomes, arraignment disposition by charge severity, release status at arraignment by charge severity, and release-on-recognizance rates at arraignment by CJA recommendation. Data and information on bail-setting and bail-making pertain to bail amount set at arraignment citywide and by borough, bail-making by bail amount, and bail-making postarraignment by bail amount. Data and information on failure to appear (FTA) in criminal court are presented by charge severity and CJA recommendation. Data on FTA also address arraignment for desk appearance tickers. Volume and outcomes are shown for telephone notification and letter notification. The report concludes with descriptions and data for special pretrial programs, namely, the Bail Expediting Program and the FTA Units. 25 exhibits