BRONX COUNTY (NY) - OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAJOR OFFENSE BUREAU - ANNUAL REPORT, 2D, JULY 1, 1973 JULY 1, 1975

• NCJ Number: 40687
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 34 pages
• Corporate Author: Bronx Cty Office of the District Attorney
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT ON SECOND YEAR ACTIVITIES OF THE BRONX COUNTY MAJOR OFFENSE BUREAU, INCLUDING A STATISTICAL AND ANALYTICAL EVALUATION OF ITS IMPACT ON CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN BRONX COUNTY.

Abstract

THE MAJOR OFFENSE BUREAU WAS CREATED TO DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH THE PROSECUTION OF SERIOUS CRIMES COMMITTED BY RECIDIVISTS. THE BUREAU HAS SUCCEEDED IN OBTAINING A CONVICTION RATE OF 95 PERCENT OF THE CASES IT HAS UNDERTAKEN, RESULTING IN AVERAGE 3 TO 10 YEAR SENTENCES, AND SENTENCES OF INCARCERATION FOR 92 PERCENT OF THOSE PROSECUTED. THIS HAS RESULTED IN INCREASED PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROCESS AS WELL AS A REDUCTION OF SERIOUS CRIMES....EB