Preliminary Data Tables Year 2001 Court Commitments

• NCJ Number: 198813
• Author(s): Leonard I. Morgenbesser; Linda Davis
• Date Published: 2001
• Length: 44 pages
• Corporate Author: New York State Dept of Correctional Services
• Sale Source: New York State Dept of Correctional Services; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report presents preliminary data about the characteristics of offenders who entered the New York State Department of Correctional Services facilities as new court commitments during the year 2001.

Abstract

According to the report, 26,380 offenders entered New York correctional facilities during 2001. Of these offenders, 16,499 were new court commitments. The report offers descriptive data concerning these new inmates. Violent felony offenders represented 29 percent of new commitments while 40 percent were drug offenders, 18 percent were property or other offenders, 9 percent were coercive crime offenders, and 3 percent were juvenile offenders. Thirteen percent of these offenders had no prior adult arrest. Ninety-three percent were men, 20 percent were white, 48 percent were Africa-American, and 31 percent were Hispanic. The average age for all new court commitments in 2001 was 31.2 years. The average minimum sentence was 44 months. In some cases, data is also presented for the years 1998 through 2001, for comparison purposes. Statistics are offered in both narrative form and in tables.