New York State Felony Processing Preliminary Report: Indictment Through Disposition January-June 1992

• NCJ Number: 139547
• Date Published: 1992
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Annual/Periodic)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report summarizes statistics on felony processing in New York State during the period between January and June 1992.

Abstract

There were over 97,500 felony arrests in New York State during the reporting period, a decrease of 3 percent from the same period in 1991. Felony drug arrests fell by 4 percent while non-drug felony arrests fell by 2 percent. In terms of felony indictments, there were 37,556 during the reporting period, a decline of 1 percent from 1991; felony drug indictments decreased by 5 percent. Convictions resulting from all felony indictments fell by 2 percent from the previous year, while felony drug convictions fell by 3 percent. State prison sentences for all convicted felons dropped 7 percent in the first 6 months of 1992, while State prison sentences for drug convictions fell by 8 percent.