Despite efforts to reduce the number of people entering New York City’s criminal justice system for low-level crimes, the number of women arrested for misdemeanors has not been reduced at the same rate as for men, according to a new report.
The study, by the New York Women’s Foundation and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s Prisoner Reentry Institute, found that 42,886 women were arrested for misdemeanors in 2014—a 7.1 percent drop over the previous five years.
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