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CJA

Research Brief No. 15

NEW YORK CITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY, Inc.

September 2007

A series of reports summarizing current research from CJA Executive Director, Jerome E. McElroy Director, Research Dept., Richard R. Peterson, Ph.D. Research Brief Editor & Deputy Director, Research, Mary T. Phillips, Ph.D. Graphics & Production, Raymond P. Caligiure Administrative Associate, Annie Su

CJA is a not-for-profit corporation that provides a variety of criminal justice services under a contract with the City of New York. CJA staff interview defendants arrested in New York City, make recommendations for pretrial release, and notify released defendants of upcoming court dates. Within the Agency, the Research Department conducts studies covering a broad array of criminal justice policy concerns. The Research Brief series summarizes the results of some of these studies. New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc. 52 Duane Street New York, NY 10007 PHONE: 646 213-2500 FAX: 646 213-2650 WEB: www.nycja.org

The Risk Of Re-Arrest For Serious Juvenile Offenders By Marian J. Gewirtz Previous research focused on ju- data in two ways. First, the research venile offender (JO) prosecution in is extended to all five boroughs of New York City. Second, because Manhattan and Queens Supreme the seriousness of the initial Courts, documenting similar What re-arrest for the JOs in Mandefendant characteristics hattan and Queens ranged and arrest and disposifactors so widely, from narcotics tion charges in the two affect re-arrest possession and trespass boroughs (see Research among juvenile charges through robBrief #10). Significant offenders? bery, assault and even differences were found How do borough homicide charges, we in the ways cases were differences affect added a second measure prosecuted, yet the reof recidivism and tracked search showed virtually re-arrest? the juveniles’ time at risk to no difference between the re-arrest for a violent felony boroughs in the proportion of offense (VFO). juveniles who were re-arrested: Four research questions are more than three quarters of the juveniles in each borough had been re-ar- addressed: rested within four years at risk. ● How does JO case processing The only differences between vary by borough? Manhattan and Queens in re-arrest ● How do JO re-arrests differ by were the slightly longer time elapsed borough? ● What other factors affect re-arprior to the initial re-arrest for the Manhattan JOs and the greater likeli- rest for JOs? hood for their initial re-arrest charge ● Given the other factors related to to be a narcotics-related offense. re-arrest, is the borough of prosecuThe current research expands the tion also a significant predictor? This Research Brief is adapted from Recidivism Among Juvenile Offenders in New York City (2007) by Senior Research Analyst Marian Gewirtz. The full report is available on the CJA web site: www.nycja.org/research/research.htm Deputy Project Director: Elyse J. Revere Systems Programming: Wayne Nehwadowich, Aïda Tejaratchi Address comments to the author at mgewirtz@nycja.org

Please cite as follows, adapted to your citation style: © 2007 NYC Criminal Justice Agency, Inc.

Gewirtz, Marian. 2007. “The Risk Of Re-Arrest For Serious Juvenile Offenders.” Research Brief series, no. 15. New York: New York City Criminal Justice Agency, Inc.


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