At the Probation Department, those guilty of low-level offenses are required to check in according to a mandated schedule.

One factor contributing to empty jail beds, experts say, is the city's continuing attention to low-level quality-of-life offenses.

During her outburst, she angered members of the victims family by referring to the case as a "low-level" offense.

Many are addicted and committed low-level offenses.

Scarce resources, the experts of those days said, should be focused on major crimes rather than low-level offenses.

Hundreds of productive immigrants, longtime legal residents, have been automatically deported because of low-level offenses committed long ago.

In two cases, Mr. Dorismond pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a low-level offense.

That strategy included the vigorous enforcement of low-level offenses, the heightened focus on career criminals, and greater accountability of precinct commanders.

Virginia, Illinois, Missouri and Texas have made interference with visitation a low-level criminal offense.

For years, the police have generally used Compstat to track the frequency, but not the location, of low-level offenses.