Bill Text: NJ A2417 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-09-18 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A2417 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2417-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 2417
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 6, 2014
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman CHARLES MAINOR
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman JAY WEBBER
District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)
Assemblyman RAJ MUKHERJI
District 33 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Simon
SYNOPSIS
Directs the collection of recidivism data for adults sentenced to a period of probation.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee on September 18, 2014, with amendments.
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 1[Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts] Administrative Director of the Courts1 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 1[Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts] Administrative Director of the Courts1 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 1[Director] administrative director1 shall, to the greatest extent possible, utilize the Internet.
d. The 1[Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts] Administrative Director of the Courts1 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.
