List of Research Reports Available By Contacting CJA:

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I. CASE PROCESSING

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1997 (1999)

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1996 (1998)

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1995 (1997)

  • Case Processing of Juvenile Arrests in New York City's Adult and Juvenile Courts During Fiscal Year 1992 (1996)

  • Criminal Court Case Processing of Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 1987: Executive Summary (1993)

  • Criminal Court Case Processing of Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 1987: Final Report (1993)

  • An Evaluation of the Impact of New York State's D-Felony Crack Law on Court Case Processing and Outcomes (1992)

  • An Evaluation of the Impact of New York State's D-Felony Crack Law on Court Case Processing and Outcomes: Executive Summary (1992)

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II. CRIMINAL COURT ARRAIGNMENT OUTCOMES

  • Semi-Annual Report: First Half of 1997 (December 23, 1996, to June 22, 1997)

  • Semi-Annual Report: Second Half of 1980 through Second Half of 1994, and First Half of 1997 (Note: Reports were not done for 1995 and 1996)

  • Trends in the Prosecution at Criminal Court Arraignment of Arrests in New York City in 1995 and 1996 (1999)

  • Factors Associated With Arraignment Outcomes In New York City Criminal Courts: Executive Summary (1995)

  • Factors Associated With Arraignment Outcomes In New York City Criminal Courts: Final Report (1995)

  • Trends in Criminal Court Arraignment Outcomes: Citywide and by Borough, January 1986 - December 1993 (1994)

  • Brief Report Series No. 1: Arraignment Outcomes and the Detention Population (1988)

  • Presenting Verified Community Ties Information on a Separate Form: Its Impact on Arraignment Decision-Making (1986)

  • Community Ties and Arraignment Outcome: The Effects of Employment and School Status (1986)

  • Criminal Court Arraigned Defendants, Classified by Gender (1977)

  • Pretrial Characteristics of Male and Female Defendants (1976)

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III. FAILURE TO APPEAR

  • Failure to Appear Among Defendants Issued Desk Appearance Tickets, August 1986: A Pilot Study (1989)

  • Preliminary Report: Drug Use and Pretrial Misconduct -The Utility of Pre-Arraignment Drug Tests as a Predictor of Failure-to-Appear (1987)

  • Failure-to-Appear-Rates for Defendants Issued Desk Appearance Tickets: A One-month Study of the Effects of the Timing of Scheduled Arraignments (1981)

  • The Pattern of Failure to Appear (1977)

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IV. COURT-DATE NOTIFICATION STUDIES

  • Arraignment-Date Notification and Arraignment Appearance of Defendants Released on Desk Appearance Tickets: A Summary of Preliminary Findings (1992)

  • Court-Date Notification Study: A Preliminary Report (1991)

  • Evaluation of Court-Date Notification for Defendants Released on Bail (1988)

  • A Study of Court Appearance Notification Letters Returned by the Post Office (1987)

  • Post-Plea Notification Experiment: An Evaluation of a Pilot Program to Reduce Bench Warrants (1978)

  • Manhattan Notification Experiment (1977)

  • Brooklyn PTSA Notification Experiment (1976)

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V. DETENTION POPULATION

  • Detention Population Characteristics, Length of Detention, and Jail Population Management: A Case Study from 1987 (1993)

  • Brief Report Series No. 1: Arraignment Outcomes and the Detention Population (1988)

  • Detention Population Trends in New York City: A Comparative Study, October 1979 and October 1980 (1981)

  • When Inmates Infract and When to Classify: A Description of the Temporal Distribution of Detainee Infractions and the Implications for Deciding When to Classify (1980)

  • Expediting Bail-Making in the Bronx: A Report on a Pilot Program (1979)

  • Release Status of Defendants with Bail Set at Arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court (1977)

  • Pretrial Status of Felony Defendants (1976)

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VI. ALTERNATIVE-TO-INCARCERATION PROGRAMS

  • Trends in CCSS Releases to Alternative-to-Incarceration Programs for FY98 (1998)

  • Estimating The Displacement Effects of Alternatives-to-Incarceration Programs: Final Report of the Jail Displacement Study, Phase II (1995)

  • Estimating The Displacement Effects of Alternatives-to-Incarceration Programs: Jail Displacement Study, Phase II, Executive Summary (1995)

  • Predicting Incarceration Length: Estimating The Displacements Effects of Alternative-To-Incarceration Programs: Executive Summary (1993)

  • Predicting Incarceration Length: Estimating The Displacements Effects of Alternative-To-Incarceration Programs: Final Report (1993)

  • Evaluation of the Court Employment Project's FY84 Alternatives-to-Incarceration Program: Final Report (1987)

  • The Brooklyn Supreme Court Program of the Criminal Justice Agency: A Descriptive Summary and Evaluation (1979)


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VII. ARRESTS OF JUVENILES

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1997 (1999)

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1996 (1998)

  • Annual Report on the Adult Court Case Processing of Juvenile Offenders in New York City, January through December, 1995 (1997)

  • Case Processing of Juvenile Arrests in New York City's Adult and Juvenile Courts During Fiscal Year 1992 (1996)

  • Developing a Release-on-Recognizance System for Juveniles Arraigned in New York City Adult Courts (1996)

  • Minority Over-Representation Among Juveniles in New York City's Adult and Juvenile Court Systems During Fiscal Year 1992 (1996)

  • Recommending Juvenile Offenders for Pretrial Release (1987)

  • Juvenile Offenders at the Spofford Juvenile Center (1980)

  • Juvenile Offenders in New York City: Their Characteristics and the Course of Case Processing (with DCJS) (1979)

  • The Processing of Juvenile Offenders in N.Y.C. (1979)

  • Spofford Survey (1978)

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VIII. NON-FELONY ARRESTS

Misdemeanor Arrests:

  • Criminal Court Case Processing of Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 1987: Executive Summary (1993)

  • Criminal Court Case Processing of Misdemeanor Arrests in New York City, 1987: Final Report (1993)

  • Brief Report Series No. 2: Misdemeanor Trial Law: Is It Working? (1990)

  • Misdemeanor Trial Law Study: Final Report (1987)

Desk Appearance Tickets:

  • Arraignment-Date Notification and Arraignment Appearance of Defendants Released on Desk Appearance Tickets: A Summary of Preliminary Findings (1992)

  • Failure to Appear Among Defendants Issued Desk Appearance Tickets, August 1986: A Pilot Study (1989)

  • Failure-to-Appear-Rates for Defendants Issued Desk Appearance Tickets: A One-month Study of the Effects of the Timing of Scheduled Arraignments (1981)

  • DAT Policy Review: First Report on a CJA/NYPD Pilot Program in the Bronx (1979)

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IX. NARCOTICS ARRESTS

Drug Testing:

  • Brief Report Series No. 3: Pre-arraignment Drug Tests in the Pretrial Release Decision: Predicting Defendant Failure to Appear (1992)

  • Preliminary Report: Drug Use and Pretrial Misconduct -The Utility of Pre-Arraignment Drug Tests as a Predictor of Failure-to-Appear (1987)

Drug Courts:

  • New York City Special Drug Courts: Recidivism Patterns and Processing Costs (1993)

  • The Queens County (NY) Narcotics Courtroom: A Case Study (1993)

Special Police Narcotics Arrests:

  • TNT Report Series: End-of-Year Report (1989)

  • 1987 Narcotics Division Arrests: Arrestee Characteristics and Criminal Court Case Processing (1988)

  • Drug Arrests in the 102nd Precinct (1988)

  • School Narcotics Arrests made September 20, 1984: Defendant Characteristics and Criminal Court Outcomes (1985)

  • Operation Pressure Point: Final Report on Arrest Characteristics and Criminal Court Outcomes (1984)

  • Lower East Side Narcotics Arrests, August 1982: Court Outcomes and Rearrests. Final Report (1984)

  • Operation Weekend: Report on Cases Arrested in the Times Square Sweeps of July 15, 1983-October 9, 1983 (1984)

Crack:

  • An Evaluation of the Impact of New York State's D-Felony Crack Law on Court Case Processing and Outcomes (1992)

  • Crack and the New York Courts: A Study of Judicial Responses and Attitudes Final Report (1990)

  • Crack and The Criminal Justice System (1987)

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X. DWI ARRESTS

  • Driving-While-Intoxicated Arrests in New York City, (July 1, 1985 through June 30, 1987): DWI Phase III Study Final Report (1991)

  • Driving-While-Intoxicated Arrests, First and Second Quarters 1989: Arrest Characteristics, Defendant Characteristics, and Criminal Court Outcomes (1990)

  • Driving-While-Intoxicated Arrests, Third and Fourth Quarters 1989: Arrest Characteristics, Defendant Characteristics, and Criminal Court Outcomes (1990)

  • DWI Arrests In New York City (July 1, 1983, To June 30, 1985): Defendant and Arrest Characteristics, Case Processing and Fine Payments (1988)

  • Driving While Intoxicated Arrests, January 1982-June 1983: (rev. Jan.1985) Final Report on Arrest Characteristics and Criminal Court Outcomes (1985)

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XI. TRANSIT CRIME

  • The Brooklyn Transit Crime Unit Evaluation Project: Final Report on Arrest Characteristics and Impact on Court Outcomes (1986)

  • Transit Crime Study: Vol.I. Summary of Findings and Policy Recommendations, and Vol.II Final Report (1986)

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XII. REPORTS ON OTHER SPECIFIC ARREST CATEGORIES

  • Robberies of Taxi and Livery Drivers June 1986 - December 1987 (1988)

  • 1985 Assaults on Traffic Enforcement Agents: Defendant Characteristics and Criminal Court Outcomes (1987)

  • Brooklyn Burglary Arrests - October 12-25, 1980 (1982)

  • The 1977 New York City Blackout: A Summary of Criminal Justice Findings (1979)

  • A Demographic Profile of Defendants Arrested in the New York City Blackout (1977)

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XIII. EVALUATIONS OF CJA PILOT PROGRAMS

  • Arraignment-Date Notification and Arraignment Appearance of Defendants Released on Desk Appearance Tickets: A Summary of Preliminary Findings (1992)

  • Court-Date Notification Study: A Preliminary Report (1991)

  • Evaluation of Court-Date Notification for Defendants Released on Bail 1988)

  • Queens County Assigned Counsel Eligibility Screening: Final Report (1987)

  • Presenting Verified Community Ties Information on a Separate Form: Its Impact on Arraignment Decision-Making (1986)

  • Failure-to-Appear-Rates for Defendants Issued Desk Appearance Tickets: A One-month Study of the Effects of the Timing of Scheduled Arraignments (1981)

  • Expediting Bail-Making in the Bronx: A Report on a Pilot Program (1979)

  • Post-Plea Notification Experiment: An Evaluation of a Pilot Program to Reduce Bench Warrants (1978)

  • Manhattan Notification Experiment (1977)

  • Brooklyn PTSA Notification Experiment (1976)

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XIV. OTHER EVALUATIONS

  • An Evaluation of the Impact of New York State's D-Felony Crack Law on Court Case Processing and Outcomes: Executive Summary (1992)

  • An Evaluation of the Impact of New York State's D-Felony Crack Law on Court Case Processing and Outcomes: Final Report (1992)

  • Brief Report Series No. 2: Misdemeanor Trial Law: Is It Working? (1990)

  • Evaluation of the Court Employment Project's FY84 Alternatives-to-Incarceration Program: Final Report (1987)

  • Evaluation of Vocational Foundation Inc. Aftercare Employment Program: Final Report (1987)

  • Misdemeanor Trial Law Study: Final Report (1987)

  • The Brooklyn Transit Crime Unit Evaluation Project: Final Report on Arrest Characteristics and Impact on Court Outcomes (1986)

  • The Brooklyn Supreme Court Program of the Criminal Justice Agency: A Descriptive Summary and Evaluation (1979)

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XV. MISCELLANEOUS

  • Elapsed Time From Transfer to Supreme Court to First Supreme Court Appearance: A Preliminary Report From CJA's Supreme Court Tracking System (1987)

  • Court-Ordered Releases-November 1983 (1987)

  • Some Felony Dispositions in Criminal Court (1980)

  • Supreme Court Arraignments in Brooklyn, Bronx and Manhattan (1977)