TABLE 5.

PERCENTAGE OF ARRESTEES SENTENCED TO JAIL BY TYPE OF MISDEMEANOR ARREST, RACE/THNICITY, AND NUMBER OF PRIOR ARRESTS, NYC ARRESTEES 1992–2003

Percentage Sentenced to Jail by Race/Ethnicity and Number of Prior Arrests
MJ in Public View	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	0.1**	1.0**	1.9**	5.5**	14.9**
Hispanic	0.1	0.8**	1.9**	5.1**	13.7**
White	0.0	0.3	1.1	3.3	10.1
Other	0.0	0.4	—	4.5	—
Total	0.1	0.8	1.8	5.2	14.3
MJ Misdemeanor Sale	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	0.9**	4.3**	7.5	16.3	38.4
Hispanic	0.6	3.1	6.6	15.8	35.8
White	0.4	2.3	—	13.1	—
Other	—	—	—	—	—
Total	0.8	3.8	7.2	16.1	37.8
Nondrug Misdemeanor	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	0.9**	4.1**	7.1**	14.4**	36.5**
Hispanic	1.0**	4.5**	7.3**	15.2**	35.2**
White	0.8	3.0	5.7	13.5	33.2
Other	0.4**	2.0**	4.6	13.0	36.4
Total	0.9	3.9	6.9	14.5	35.8
	Number of Prior Arrests by Race/Ethnicity (%)
MJ in Public View	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	32.7**	14.1**	9.8**	30.8**	12.7**
Hispanic	35.3**	15.3	10.9**	30.3**	8.1**
White	63.2	15.1	6.8	11.7	3.3
Other	57.1**	15.2	9.8**	16.3**	1.6**
Total	38.8	14.6	9.6	27.3	9.7
MJ Misdemeanor Sale	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	19.0**	11.2**	8.9	33.5**	27.4**
Hispanic	24.1**	13.7**	10.7**	37.0**	14.4**
White	45.5	15.7	8.5	21.3	9.0
Other	—	—	—	—	—
Total	21.6	12.0	9.3	33.7	23.3
Nondrug Misdemeanor	0	1	2	3–9	10+
Black	29.3**	9.6**	6.6**	25.5**	29.0**
Hispanic	42.6**	10.8**	7.1**	22.9**	16.6**
White	49.2	11.6	6.2	17.8	15.1
Other	75.0**	9.7**	4.5**	7.9**	2.9**
Total	38.5	10.3	6.6	22.7	21.9

^—Estimates based on fewer than 500 cases are suppressed.

^**Difference in percentage from rate for white arrestees is statistically significant at the α = 0.01 level based on a two-sided z-test. Test not performed if either estimate is suppressed.