Abstract
The archival data base of the Red Hook Community Justice Center was analyzed to describe the defendant population, the nature of the cases, the types of sanctions imposed, and the extent of compliance with sanctions. The data base contained a total of 6,245 cases that came under the jurisdiction of the court between June 2000 and June 2003. As anticipated, the data indicated that the most frequent type of offense was drug related and the most frequent sanction was mandatory substance abuse treatment. Incarceration was infrequent (4.9% of all cases). Other sanctions included community service, mandatory academic or vocational training and social service interventions such as anger management groups. Compliance with sanctions ranged from 63.7% for mandatory drug treatment sanctions to 75.5% for community service.
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