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Table 3.2. Percent released of pretrial release cases terminated, by defendant characteristics, October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
| Defendant characteristic |
Of defendants released at any time prior
to case disposition — |
|
| Number of defendants |
Percent released |
|
| Released |
All defendants |
|
| |
All defendantsa |
27,253 |
|
79,137 |
|
34.4 |
% |
| Gender |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Male |
20,188 |
|
67,300 |
|
30.0 |
% |
| |
Female |
7,019 |
|
11,761 |
|
59.7 |
|
| Race |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
White |
17,580 |
|
56,359 |
|
31.2 |
% |
| |
Black/African American |
7,362 |
|
18,069 |
|
40.7 |
|
| |
American Indian/Alaska Native |
746 |
|
1,480 |
|
50.4 |
|
| |
Asian/Native Hawaiian/
Other Pacific Islander |
1,032 |
|
1,867 |
|
55.3 |
|
| Hispanic origin |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Hispanic/Latino |
5,314 |
|
37,373 |
|
14.2 |
% |
| |
Not Hispanic/Latino |
21,401 |
|
40,692 |
|
52.6 |
|
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
16-18 |
498 |
|
1,226 |
|
40.6 |
% |
| |
19-20 |
1,366 |
|
3,751 |
|
36.4 |
|
| |
21-30 |
8,949 |
|
30,577 |
|
29.3 |
|
| |
31-40 |
7,361 |
|
24,052 |
|
30.6 |
|
| |
41 or over |
8,960 |
|
19,248 |
|
46.6 |
|
| Education |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Less than high school graduate |
6,603 |
|
23,962 |
|
27.6 |
% |
| |
High school graduate |
9,182 |
|
18,823 |
|
48.8 |
|
| |
Some college |
6,004 |
|
9,674 |
|
62.1 |
|
| |
College graduate |
3,130 |
|
4,344 |
|
72.1 |
|
| Marital status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Never married |
9,111 |
|
23,883 |
|
38.1 |
% |
| |
Divorced/separated |
5,153 |
|
10,961 |
|
47.0 |
|
| |
Married |
8,697 |
|
19,235 |
|
45.2 |
|
| |
Common law |
2,059 |
|
5,957 |
|
34.6 |
|
| |
Other |
2,233 |
|
19,101 |
|
11.7 |
|
| Employment status at arrest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Unemployed |
9,765 |
|
29,148 |
|
33.5 |
% |
| |
Employed |
15,535 |
|
30,549 |
|
50.9 |
|
| Criminal record |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
No conviction or arrestb |
10,315 |
|
18,721 |
|
55.1 |
% |
| |
Misdemeanor conviction only |
5,937 |
|
13,293 |
|
44.7 |
|
| |
Felony conviction |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Nonviolent |
4,136 |
|
19,487 |
|
21.2 |
|
| |
|
Violent |
2,691 |
|
15,125 |
|
17.8 |
|
| Number of prior convictions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1 |
4,431 |
|
13,030 |
|
34.0 |
% |
| |
2 to 4 |
5,108 |
|
19,158 |
|
26.7 |
|
| |
5 or more |
3,225 |
|
15,717 |
|
20.5 |
|
| Criminal justice status |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Not under supervision |
21,079 |
|
44,668 |
|
47.2 |
% |
| |
Pretrial release |
1,298 |
|
2,719 |
|
47.7 |
|
| |
Probation |
1,142 |
|
4,042 |
|
28.3 |
|
| |
Parole |
193 |
|
1,542 |
|
12.5 |
|
| Court appearance history |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
No prior arrests |
10,655 |
|
22,504 |
|
47.3 |
% |
| |
Failure to appear |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
None |
13,300 |
|
43,770 |
|
30.4 |
% |
| |
|
1 |
1,552 |
|
5,748 |
|
27.0 |
|
| |
|
2 or more |
1,746 |
|
7,115 |
|
24.5 |
|
| Drug abuse |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
No known abuse |
16,365 |
|
36,005 |
|
45.5 |
|
| |
Drug history |
8,107 |
|
19,547 |
|
41.5 |
|
|
Note: Released defendants include some defendants who were also detained prior to trial.
Total also includes defendants for whom release status data were unavailable.
aIncludes defendants for whom characteristics could not be determined.
bIncludes only defendants whose PSA records explicitly show no prior arrest or conviction. |
|
Source: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Pretrial Services Act Information System,
fiscal year. |
