New York State Criminal Justice Processing, 1981, Volume 2 Felony Offenders Disposed in 1981

• NCJ Number: 98247
• Author(s): T J Harig
• Date Published: 1984
• Length: 97 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State, Division of Criminal Justice Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This text presents highlights of the processing of New York State felony arrests in 1981 and characterizes the arrests and the offenders.

Abstract

Of the 113,600 felony arrests, 83,867 were from New York City; 17,410 were from other metropolitan areas; and 12,323 were from nonmetropolitan areas. Arrests involved more males (90.1 percent) than females (9.9 percent), more blacks (47.2 percent) than whites (31.3 percent) or Hispanics (21.1 percent), and more young (under 25 years old) offenders (57 percent) than older offenders. Moreover, 46.3 percent of the arrests were for property crimes, 33.9 percent were for personal crimes, and 11 percent were for drug crimes. The overwhelming majority of felony arrests were prosecuted and disposed of as a result of court action. Overall, 62.5 percent of the arrests ultimately resulted in conviction; 46.7 percent of all convictions resulted in incarceration. Seven tables, 38 figures delineating arrest statistics, and 32 notes are included.