NCJ Number
145179
Date Published
1993
Length
189 pages
Annotation
This report presents statistics on the amount and types of offenses known to California public authorities in 1992 and the administrative actions taken by the criminal justice system.
Abstract
Statistics address Index crimes, arrests, adult felony arrest dispositions, adult corrections, and criminal justice expenditures and personnel. Other databases presented pertain to citizens' complaints against police and domestic violence. Statistics show that from 1952 to 1980 the California Crime Index (CCI) rate increased 336.7 percent (from 898.1 to 3,922.1). After a peak in 1980, the rate decreased 11.0 percent to 3,491.5 in 1992. The CCI rate decreased .3 percent from 1991 to 1992. From 1987 to 1992, violent crimes -- homicide, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault -- increased 19 percent in rate. Property crimes -- burglary and motor vehicle theft -- increased .6 percent. In 1992, the violent crime rate increased for a fifth consecutive year to a new high of 1,103.9. From 1991 to 1992, there was a 5.6-percent decrease in the total arrest rate. From 1960 to 1992 the felony arrest rate doubled from 1,170.0 to 2,354.1. From 1987 to 1992, the juvenile arrest rate for violent offenses increased 63.7 percent. In 1992, over two-thirds of the adult felony arrest dispositions were convictions. The proportion of convictions for drug offenses that received sentences to State institutions increased from 16.9 percent in 1987 to 23.8 percent in 1992. Since 1987, the rate of adults under State supervision has increased 57.4 percent (from 612.5 to 964.2). Extensive tables and figures