PINS DIVERSION IN NEW YORK CITY--RESEARCH FINDINGS: VOLUME I

• NCJ Number: 145112
• Author(s): M Rabinowitz
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 77 pages
• Corporate Author: New York City PINS Diversion Project
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This is the first volume of New York City's report on its court diversion program for PINS (Persons alleged to be in Need of Supervision) cases, implemented in 1987 to decrease inappropriate use of the family court system.

Abstract

PINS case records from the calendar years 1986 and 1988 were studied. The number of PINS cases processed at the arraignment level decreased by 43.1 percent; at the post- arraignment level, by 52.3 percent; and at the formal sanction level, by 56.0 percent. The odds of a PINS case progressing beyond the intake stage decreased from 7:10 to 4:10. The proportion of cases at intake that received formal sanctions decreased from 10 percent to 4 percent. The placement rate decreased from 6.8 percent to 4.1 percent. PINS cases' use of court mandated services saw the following reductions: residential diagnostic evaluations, 45.1 percent; mental health studies, 53.4 percent; Investigation and Reports ordered from the Department of Probation, 53.0 percent; and Explorations of Placement ordered from the Department of Probation, 32.0 percent. Chapters contain a detailed analysis of the data as well as an in-depth look at how the PINS process works. 29 figures and 16 tables