NCJ Number
186912
Date Published
2000
Length
188 pages
Annotation
Data on crime and delinquency in California in 1999 address offenses and crime trends, arrests, adult felony arrest dispositions, adult corrections, criminal justice expenditures and personnel, citizens' complaints against peace officers, and domestic violence.
Abstract
For the eighth consecutive year, reported crime in California has decreased for all six major crime categories, and the crime rate made history in 1999 by having the largest 1-year drop in crime ever recorded, i.e., 14.9 percent. The rate for violent offenses decreased 11 percent from 1998 to 1999; homicide decreased 9.2 percent; forcible rape decreased 5.1 percent; robbery decreased 14.1 percent; and aggravated assault decreased 10 percent. The rate for property crime offenses decreased 16.8 percent from 1998 to 1999; burglary decreased 18.1 percent, and motor vehicle theft decreased 15.2 percent. The 1999 total arrest rate of 5,820.1 per 100,000 population at risk reached an all-time low. Since 1994 the rate of juvenile felony arrests has decreased 32.2 percent; the rate of juvenile misdemeanor arrests decreased 3.1 percent; and the rate of status offense arrests increased 39.2 percent. In 1999, 7 out of 10 adult felony arrest dispositions resulted in a conviction. Probation with jail continues to be the most frequent sentence given. In 1999, 20.4 percent of the adults convicted of violent offenses and 27 percent of those convicted of drug offenses were sentenced to State institutions. 58 tables and appended data characteristics and known limitations, a criminal justice glossary, arrest offense codes, and computational formulas