NCJ Number
89143
Date Published
Unknown
Length
19 pages
Annotation
This report presents a statistical picture of those drug defendants who failed to appear in court in Florida as compared to those who did in order to gain a clearer understanding of the fugitive problem.
Abstract
The report is based on 1,473 defendant cases. The frequency of drug offenses, the value of the drugs per offense, citizenship, ethnicity, length of time in the community, and criminal history appear to be the variables that reflect the greatest contrast between defendants in the southern district of Florida who fail to appear and those in the 10 Pretrial Services Agency districts.