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The Justice Information Resource Network (JIRN), through funding from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), facilitates information sharing and collaboration among the Statistical Analysis Centers (SACs). In addition, the online community will also serve as a resource for JRSA, BJS, criminal justice researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholder to keep up to date with SAC research publications.
This project was supported by Grant No. 2018-86-CX-K003 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this resource are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the US Department of Justice.
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Item 2017 Crime in Louisiana(Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, Statistical Analysis Center, 5/1/2019)To provide a picture of the changes in crime across the country and to provide useful data to Louisiana police agencies, statistics gathered are incumbent in recognizing problems in Louisiana. Statistics of criminal acts deemed most serious, most pervasive across the country, most likely to be reported, and most frequently committed are counted in the UCR Program. The Part I offense classifications include: violent crimes: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; and burglary, larceny theft, and motor vehicle theft. Congressional mandated arson was added as a Part I offense category in 1979, and human trafficking, commercial sex acts, and involuntary servitude were added as Part I offenses in 2016.Item 2018 Release of FBI Uniform Crime Reports for Oregon(Oregon Criminal Justice Commission, 9/30/2019) On Monday, September 30, 2019, the FBI released the 2018 Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) for Oregon and all other states in the US. This report, titled Crime in the United States, 2018, shows the number of violent index and property index crimes reported in all states. This brief summarizes the report's information as it relates to Oregon. To provide context, it includes comparisons of crime in Oregon as compared to other Western states as well as the United States. It also compares Oregon's violent and property crime trends to those of the United States.On Monday, September 30, 2019, the FBI released the 2018 Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) for Oregon and all other states in the US. This report, titled Crime in the United States, 2018, shows the number of violent index and property index crimes reported in all states. This brief summarizes the report's information as it relates to Oregon. To provide context, it includes comparisons of crime in Oregon as compared to other Western states as well as the United States. It also compares Oregon's violent and property crime trends to those of the United States.Item Aggravated Assault in Florida: A brief analysis of Aggravated Assault Trends from 2007 to 2017(Florida Statistical Analysis Center, 1/1/2019)The following data comes from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) system; the system provides standardized annual and semi-annual reports on crime statistics based on data gathered from across the state. The crimes recorded by UCR are classified as Index Crimes which includes crimes against persons. Persons offenses include: Homicide, Negligent Manslaughter, Rape (includes Forcible Sodomy), Fondling, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Stalking, Simple Assault, Threat/Intimidation, or Simple Stalking. Aggravated Assault is the unlawful attack by one person upon another where either the offender displays a weapon or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.Item An Infographic Report of Crime Trends and Statistics, 2012-2016(Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, Office of Research, Evaluation and Strategic Policy Development, 3/1/2019)The criminal justice system within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is continually evolving and improving. From 2012 to 2016, several meaningful system gains occurred, such as reductions in the reported numbers of crime victims, known occurrences of violent crime, and the yearly prisoner population of the state prisons. Collectively, these statistics represent positive trends in the Pennsylvania criminal justice system. But to date, these gains have been reported out singularly by their respective agencies, making it difficult to ascertain the full picture of how the system is performing. This project was undertaken to provide a basic remedy: track the performance of the state criminal justice system by coalescing siloed data among several state agencies to create a Pennsylvania Crime Trends report. Contained within are informative statistics and analysis on offenses, victimization, arrests, courts and sentences, state prisons, and state parole/probation. The information is presented in a visualized format to provide clear, meaningful data points in an effort to better inform criminal justice executives, policymakers, and the general public as to the movement of Pennsylvania's criminal justice system over the past few years.Item Analysis of the Effect of Housing Instability on Rebooking at DOC(District of Columbia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 9/1/2020) Sill, Kaitlyn; Diaz, LuisAccess to housing continues to be a major barrier to successful reentry for District residents, and as such, is a top priority for the Reentry Steering Committee. To this end, the Committee has re-established a Housing Subcommittee which focuses on expanding housing availability for returning citizens. The Subcommittee is dedicated to analyzing available data on housing availability, homelessness, and housing needs among the returning citizen population, and developing policy proposals for the creation or expansion of housing specifically for the returning citizen population. To support the Housing Subcommittee's efforts, the CJCC conducted an analysis to examine whether the likelihood of being rebooked at DOC is affected by housing instability, serious mental illness, substance use disorder, and violent offenses when controlling for other factors, including demographics.Item Beyond Burglary: Offense Generalization and Economic Outcomes(Washington Office of Financial Management, Statistical Analysis Center, 1/1/2019) Landon, Matthew S.In 2016 the Washington Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) studied outcomes for property offenders. Findings from this study established baseline statistics in recidivism rates and economic outcomes for these offenders. However, it did not address outcomes for property offenders who also engage in violent, sex or drug offenses. Since evidence suggests that property offenders are the most likely group to generalize in offense types, the SAC augmented the 2016 dataset, to examine economic outcomes across different additional offenses. The current study found that offenders who generalize, rather than specialize do not necessarily suffer extreme impacts on their economic outcomes. There are observable differences for property offenders with an additional sex offense, who are slightly less likely to find employment and will receive lower wages on average when they do. Property offenders with an additional drug offense do not appear to deviate strongly from their average economic outcomes based on aspects of their correctional experience. Reentry programming aimed at property offenders may be able to use these results as a baseline when working with offenders who do not specialize in property crime.Item Crime in Delaware 2014-2018(Delaware Statistical Analysis Center, 9/1/2019) Rager, Eric; Salt, JimNational Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) operated by the State Bureau of Identification of the Delaware State Police. Data for the years 2014 through 2018 are included in this report. Also, as appropriate, data for the years 2007 through 2013 are added to illustrate long term trends. The report provides a summary of data on serious offenses, clearances, adult and juvenile arrests, and crimes against law enforcement officers at the state and county levels, followed by a detailed data section organized by state and county. Overall, the occurrence of serious crime has decreased notably since 2014. Violent crime in the State decreased over 8% from 2014 to 2018, continuing a long-term decline. Homicides show an 11% decrease from 2014 to 2018, aside from a high of 66 in 2015. The number of Homicides in 2018 (48) was lower than the high point in 2015 (66). Serious Property Offenses decreased by 20% between 2014 and 2018. Burglary offenses decreased by nearly 45% from 2014 to 2018. Drug/Narcotic Offenses overall were similar to 2014 totals. Drug Possession Offenses increased by 26% while drug equipment-related offenses decreased by almost 40%.Item Crime in Delaware 2014-2018 Wilmington Supplement(Delaware Statistical Analysis Center, 9/1/2019) Rager, EricCrime in Delaware: 2014 - 2018 is the official report of serious crimes known to Delaware law enforcement from 2014 through 2018. The report provides extensive data about crimes at state and county levels. This supplement reflects an evolving effort to provide extensive crime data about the City of Wilmington. The methods used to prepare and analyze Wilmington's data are the same as those described in the main Crime in Delaware report, with one exception: data for Wilmington's two enforcement agencies, the Wilmington Police Department, and the Wilmington Fire Marshall were first merged before analyzing the city's data.Item Crime in Delaware: Geographic Displays of 2018 Offenses(Delaware Statistical Analysis Center, 9/1/2019) Rager, EricCrime in Delaware: 2014 – 2018 is the official report of serious crimes known to law enforcement from 2014 through 2018. The report provides extensive crime data at the state and county levels. This supplement continues a geographic representation of crime data throughout the State of Delaware. To create the maps in this report, complaint numbers and offense codes were extracted from Delaware's 2018 NIBRS trace files (which contain the individual complaint information that is the basis for SBI's summary reports). The complaint numbers were then used to acquire latitude and longitude data for each complaint via Delaware's Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS).Item Crime in Nebraska (2018)(Nebraska Crime Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 7/1/2019)The number of crimes reported to Nebraska law enforcement agencies in 2018 decreased by 8.1%. There were 44,997 crimes reported in 2018, compared to 48,974 crimes reported during the same period in 2017, resulting in a decrease of 3,977 crimes. These numbers include only the crimes of Murder-Manslaughter, Forcible Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny-Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft, and Arson, which serve as the Crime Index used to measure crime statewide. Violent crimes (Murder-Manslaughter, Forcible Rape, Robbery, and Aggravated Assault) decreased by 6.8% in 2018. There were 5,368 violent crimes reported in 2018, compared to 5,757 reported in 2017, resulting in a decrease of 389 violent crimes. Property crimes (Burglary, Larceny-Theft, Motor Vehicle Theft, and Arson) decreased by 8.3% in 2018. There were 39,629 property crimes reported in 2018, compared to 43,217 reported in 2017, resulting in a decrease of 3,588 property crimes.Item Crime in Oklahoma 2014: Selected Findings-Domestic Abuse in Oklahoma(Oklahoma Statistical Analysis Center, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, 6/1/2015)This factsheet presents 2014 UCR data on domestic abuse rates in Oklahoma, including data on domestic violence-related homicides, sex crimes, and assaults. In 2014, Oklahoma law enforcement agencies reported 24,226 total incidents of domestic abuse crimes throughout the state.Item Exploring the Increase in District Court Filings in Colorado, 2013-2018(Office of Research and Statistics, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, 10/1/2019) Flick, Peg; English, KimIn recent years, felony filings have increased significantly in Colorado's district courts. Between calendar years 2013 and 2018, the total number of statewide felony filings increased by 44.7 percent, from 36,582 filings in 2013 to 52,949 in 2018. The rate of growth was most pronounced between 2014 and 2017; it appears to have slowed in 2018 The overall state population also increased during this time, but the increase in filings has substantially outpaced population growth. The felony filing rate was 907 per 100,000 adult state residents in 2013 and grew to 1,190 per 100,000 adult state residents in 2018 (see Table 1). Thus, controlling for the growth in the adult population, the rate of felony district court filings still increased by 31.2 percent between 2013 and 2018. This report explores the recent increase and presents data that identifies specific areas of growth and factors that are contributing to that growth. While we cannot fully account for the rise in filings, as this is a complex dynamic that involves multiple interactions between demographic, behavioral, and institutional factors, we can document the case types that have increased the most during this period and elucidate patterns that speak to underlying factors that may be driving filings growth.Item Summary of Law Enforcement and District Attorney Reports of Student Contacts(Office of Research and Statistics, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, 3/1/2019) Lucero, Laurence; Flick, Peg; English, KimIn 2015, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 1273 (C.R.S. 22-32-146(5) and C.R.S. 20-1- 113(4)), which mandated that local law enforcement agencies annually report specific information to the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) in the Department of Public Safety concerning every incident that resulted in a student's arrest, summons or ticket during the academic year. H.B. 15-1273 mandated DCJ to annually analyze and report the data by law enforcement agency and by the school. This report is organized as follows: Section One describes the statute including the data requested, and also describes the approach employed to develop the data set; Section Two focuses on the findings from the data provided by law enforcement agencies; Section Three presents information on the outcome of the incidents according to court records; and, Section Four provides results from district attorney pre-filing diversion cases and a summary of the findings by judicial district.Item Summary: Report on the C.L.E.A.R. Act: Community Law Enforcement Action Reporting Act(Office of Research and Statistics, Colorado Division of Criminal Justice, 10/1/2017) English, Kim; Flick, Peg; Lucero, LaurenceIn 2015, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 185, the Community Law Enforcement Action Reporting Act, or the CLEAR Act. The CLEAR Act mandates that the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) annually analyze and report data provided by law enforcement agencies,3 the Judicial Department, and the adult Parole Board, to reflect decisions made at multiple points in the justice system process. The CLEAR Act requires that the data be analyzed by race/ethnicity and gender. This study presents information for calendar year 2016.Item Understanding and Assisting Veterans Involved in the Criminal Justice System(Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 10/1/2019) Topolski, Chloe; Green, Emilee; Reichert, JessicaU.S. veterans have made significant contributions to American freedom and many have risked their lives to defend the country. Some suffer a range of poor physical and behavioral health outcomes upon returning to civilian life, putting them at greater risk for criminal justice involvement. Military veterans comprise a small but noteworthy percentage of the justice-involved population. Research suggests military service may contribute to aggression; 64 percent of veterans in U.S. prisons were sentenced for a violent offense and of those, one-third are serving time for a violent sexual offense. This article examines veteran needs that, when unmet, may contribute to justice involvement, as well as programs designed to address those needs. Veteran-specific services, including veteran treatment courts, may be critical for improving treatment outcomes. Future research directions and recommendations also are discussed.Item Victimization and Help-Seeking Experiences of LGBTQ+ Individuals(Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, 1/23/2019) Vasquez, AmandaLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer/questioning (LGBTQ+) individuals are at increased risk for experiencing violence and the negative impacts associated with violence, including stress, PTSD symptoms and injury. LGBTQ+ victims are an underserved victim population in Illinois despite these increased risks. Individuals from underserved victim groups, such as people of color, those who identify as LGBTQ+, or those who are homeless are less likely to seek, access, or receive services following victimization. This article will explore how victimization and help-seeking experiences of LGBTQ+ victims in Illinois differ from those of non-LGBTQ+ victims, and how experiences may vary based on a victim's LGB identity (i.e., lesbian/gay versus bisexual). It concludes with implications for policy and practice and suggestions for how to improve victim service delivery for LGBTQ+ victims and highlights areas for further research to inform how the state can better meet the needs of underserved victim populations.Item Violent Crime & Property Crime by County: 1975 to Present(Maryland Governors Office of Crime Control & Prevention, 1/1/2020)This data visualization tool allows users to create custom data visualizations pertaining to Maryland's violent crimes and property crimes by county from 1975 to present. At time of retrieval this tool was last updated June 21, 2018.Item Violent Crime & Property Crime by Municipality: 1975 to Present(Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services, Statistical Analysis Center, 1/1/2020)This interactive dataset presents municipal-level violent crime and property crime from 1974 to present and was last updated on January 24, 20. The dataset enables the user to visualize and export the data.Item Violent Crime & Property Crime Statewide Totals: 1975 to Present(Maryland Governor's Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services, Statistical Analysis Center, 1/1/2020)This interactive dataset presents statewide totals for violent crime and property crime from 1974 to present and was last updated on January 24, 20. The dataset enables the user to visualize and export the data.