Bill Text: NJ A3776 | 2016-2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-06-23 - Withdrawn from Consideration [A3776 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2016-A3776-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning data about recidivism among the probation population and supplementing chapter 45 of Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall establish a program to record and analyze the recidivism of all persons sentenced to a period of probation pursuant to N.J.S.2C:43-2. The purpose of this program shall be to assist in measuring the effectiveness of the State's rehabilitation initiatives and programs.
b. The program shall record data regarding types of crimes committed by offenders that result in a sentence of probation, the arrests for all offenses committed by probationers within three years following their sentence of probation and any convictions resulting from the arrests, crimes committed while on probation, the number of repeat offenders and the number of probationers concurrently serving a parole sentence. These data shall be analyzed to determine whether the rates and nature of rearrests and convictions differ according to the criminal histories and personal characteristics of probationers, the treatment they received during the period of probation, participation and involvement in rehabilitation initiatives and programs, and such other factors as may be relevant to the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, race, gender, ethnicity, and age, but without referencing personally identifying information.
c. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall prepare and disseminate to the public annual reports summarizing the recidivism rates, patterns, and other findings and analyses resultant of the information gathered pursuant to this section. To facilitate the accessibility of these reports to the general public, the administrative director shall, to the greatest extent possible, utilize the Internet.
d. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall, pursuant to section 2 of P.L. 1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), annually prepare and transmit to the Governor and the Legislature the reports prepared, along with any recommendations the Administrative Office of the Courts may have for legislation to improve the effectiveness of the State's rehabilitation initiatives and programs.
2. This act shall take
effect immediately.
STATEMENT
The bill requires the Administrative Director of the Courts to establish a program to record and analyze recidivism rates for adults sentenced to a period of probation. The purpose of this provision is to measure the effectiveness of the State's probation rehabilitation initiatives and programs.
The bill is modeled on a similar program established in 2009 to record and analyze recidivism rates for adult and juvenile inmates released from incarceration. The purpose of that program was to measure the effectiveness of the State's reentry initiatives and programs.
