CJA Release Assessment - NYC Arraignments from 2009 to 2015

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jasmine Hwang, New York City Criminal Justice Agency

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Codebook - CJA Release Assessment Dataset.xlsx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet 80.9 KB 04/06/2023 11:22:AM
DCJS and CJA CODEBOOK.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document 62.5 KB 03/02/2023 07:56:AM
Datasheet for Dataset - CJA Release Assessment.docx application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document 21.2 KB 07/12/2023 06:06:AM
Public Dataset - CJA Release Assessment - NYC Arraignments from 2009 to 2015 - v1 without expungement.csv text/csv 330.5 MB 07/12/2023 06:10:AM
Public Dataset - CJA Release Assessment - NYC Arraignments from 2009 to 2015 - v2 with expungement.csv text/csv 330.3 MB 04/06/2023 11:13:AM

Project Citation: 

Hwang, Jasmine. CJA Release Assessment - NYC Arraignments from 2009 to 2015. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2023-07-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E192425V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary
The dataset describes roughly one million arraignments, which occurred in New York City between 2009 and 2015, and which were continued at the time of arraignment. The dataset is comprised of administrative data collected by city, state, and non-profit agencies, as well as variable fields derived from that administrative data, including information like:  

  • details about the arrest (e.g., the type of charge for which a defendant was arrested);  
  • details about the defendant’s criminal history at the time of the arraignment (e.g., whether the defendant had ever failed to appear in court before); and 
  • subsequent case outcomes (e.g., whether the defendant returned to court throughout the pretrial period). 
The dataset also includes basic demographic information about defendants (for instance race and ethnicity), so that the performance of the predictive model could be tested with respect to equity. The complete list of all variable fields in the public dataset can be found in the attached codebook. 

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms release assessment; pretrial; arraignment
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage New York City
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2009 – 2015


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