Understanding the Past, Imagining the Future: 30 Years of NYC Criminal Justice Data

For the first time, CJA has mined mining 30 years of trends from its data, finding patterns in pretrial release rates and in bail making at arraignment.
July 30, 2019

The number of CJA interviews was lower in 2016 than in 1987.

Judges are more likely to ROR defendants in non-felony cases in every CJA recommendation category since 2004.

The volume of desk appearance tickets has fluctuated since 1987.

Over the last ten years, court appearance rates for defendants in non-DAT cases have increased, from a high baseline.

The “adjusted” court appearance rate is even higher