RT Article
T1 Drug use and pretrial misconduct in New York city
JF Journal of quantitative criminology
VO 5
IS 2
SP 101
OP 126
A1 Smith, Douglas A.
A2 Wish, Eric D.
A2 Jarjoura, G. Roger
LA English
YR 1989
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1767143494
AB Is recent drug use significantly associated with pretrial misconduct? Does consideration of recent drug use enhance risk classification among a sample of persons who have time free pending the disposition of their cases? Using data on arrestees in Manhattan, this paper examines these issues and some related questions. To measure recent drug use, urine samples were collected from persons shortly after their arrest and tested for four drugs: heroin, cocaine, PCP, and methadone. Two measures of pretrial misconduct are considered: whether a defendant fails to appear for a scheduled court date (FTA) and whether a defendant is rearrested prior to case disposition. Censored probit models are used to estimate the statistical association between drug test results and pretrial misconduct. Results show that drug test results are significantly associated with pretrial misconduct over and above the information typically available to judges at the time release decisions are made. Some implications of these findings for pretrial decision making are discussed.
K1 risk classification
K1 Pretrial misconduct
K1 Drug use
K1 censored probit
DO 10.1007/BF01062519