New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc. Annual Report 2004

• NCJ Number: 217369
• Author(s): Mary T. Phillips Ph.D.
• Date Published: February 2006
• Length: 48 pages
• Corporate Author: New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc
• Sale Source: New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics; Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Data and information on arrests in New York City between July 1 and December 31, 2004, 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; New York State Supreme Court data are presented for arrests between July 1 through December 31, 2003.

Abstract

One CJA goal 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. Data on defendants' sex, age, ethnicity, and employment are also presented. Another section provides data and information on charge severity and type. CJA pretrial release recommendations are reported 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. Descriptions and data are presented for special pretrial programs, namely, the Bail Expediting Program and the FTA Units. 32 exhibits