NCJ Number
137319
Date Published
1991
Length
128 pages
Annotation
This report describes the population of new court commitments to the New York State Department of Correctional Services during calendar year 1990.
Abstract
The tables present information on legal history characteristics of new commitments (e.g., crime, minimum sentence, prior criminal record) and demographic characteristics. Several tables show trends in new court commitments across the years 1987 through 1990. There were 30,551 total admissions. Drug offenders composed 32 percent of court commitments in 1987, 37 percent in 1988, 45 percent in 1989, and 47 percent in 1990. Forty-six percent of 1990 new court commitments were sentenced as first felony offenders, 53 percent as second felony offenders, and 1 percent as persistent felony offenders. The average minimum sentence for 1990 new court commitments was 34.3 months. Males composed 93 percent of new court commitments. Whites made up 14 percent of new court commitments, blacks 51 percent, and Hispanics 34 percent. The average age of new court commitments was 28.8 years. Seventy-seven new court commitments were born in the United States. The average educational level of new commitments was 10th grade, and 74 percent of them were not legally married. Extensive tables and figures