FWSN-advisorybd-repo.. - The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance

Chart 1 shows a detailed analysis of “handling” decisions by court location.
Chart 1
Handling Decision by Court Location
SFY 2005
Court Location Judicial Non-Judicial
Bridgeport 178 203
Danbury 34 30
Hartford 279 21
Middletown 108 125
New Britain 123 291
New Haven 385 130
Norwalk 43 41
Rockville 97 83
Stamford 34 106
Torrington 104 99
Waterbury 432 142
Waterford 102 172
Willimantic 120 113
TOTAL: 2039 1556
• FWSN Dispositions
There were several options for disposing of FWSN cases. Of the FWSN cases disposed
in SFY 2005, 59% were on Judicial FWSN Supervision, 37% were handled nonjudicially,
referred for services and had their cases dismissed and 4% were placed on
Non-Judicial FWSN supervision.
More recent data reveals the number of FWSN cases added and disposed. 71 In SFY
2006-2007 the number of new FWSN cases added was 4, 391. 72 Of the cases added,
2110 were handled judicially, 1713 were handled non-judicially. A small portion, 568
cases, were either not accepted or dismissed at intake.
• Detailed Assessment Data
In SFY 2005, 1860 FWSN referred children were assessed with the JAG. Of the 1038
boys assessed, 215 were African American, 218 were Hispanic and 366 were Caucasian.
Of the 822 girls assessed, 145 were African American, 187 were Hispanic and 279 were
71 Data in the prior sections of the report refers to the number of children referred to the court. The SFY
2006-2007 data refers to cases. A child may have more than one case referred or pending.
72 Each unique child may have one or more cases.
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