INTRODUCTION
The annual Criminal Justice Profile series supplements and
expands on the data provided in the Law Enforcement Information Center (LEIC) "Crime
and Delinquency in California." There is a separate Criminal Justice Profile for each
county and the state. Most of the data included in these publications are reported to LEIC
by state and local agencies. Where other sources are used, those sources are noted.
Each Criminal Justice Profile focuses on a single county or
the state as a whole. Each publication has three sections; they are:
- Criminal Justice Trend Data. Trend data are presented
for crimes, arrests, arrest dispositions, corrections populations, criminal justice
personnel and expenditures for the most recent ten years (1984-1993).
- Current Year Data. The subject matter in this section
focuses on the most recent data year. In the Statewide Profile, the current data for each
county are given. In each county profile, the data are shown for each contributing
jurisdiction.
- Appendix. This section contains: (1) known data
limitations and characteristics; (2) a glossary of criminal justice terms used in the
publication; and (3) lists of the penal and other statutory codes which are included in
each of the felony and misdemeanor arrest offense categories.
SPECIAL NOTES
Crime and arrest rates are calculated using annual
population estimates provided by the Demographic Research Unit, California Department of
Finance. Population estimates for the '80s were revised based on the 1990 census. Crime
and arrest rates for that period have been recalculated using revised intercensal
population data and may not match previously published data.
Additionally, the "at-risk" population categories
were changed to exclude persons 70 years of age and over.
Status of 1993 Juvenile Justice Information
Information on juvenile felony and misdemeanor arrests is included in the Arrests section
of this report. In prior years, this publication included a Juvenile Justice System
section. Due to 1990 budgetary constraints, the funds necessary to continue the collection
of information from county probation departments on juvenile justice dispositions and
caseload data were eliminated. While disposition and caseload data for 1990-93 are not
available, data prior to 1990 are available upon request.
Status of 1993 Adult Felony Arrest Dispositions
Disposition of adult felony arrests data for individual counties and agencies are not
available for 1993. The recorded number of total felony arrest dispositions in 1993 is
lower than normal because of budget. constraints that have created backlogs in disposition
document processing at the Department of Justice.
Special Requests
Data not provided in this publication may be available from LEIC by special request. |