The study defines career criminals as active recidivists meeting the following criteria: having five or more felony arrest events, one or more of which was part of an Index crime arrest; one or more arrest events must have occurred since January 1985; having a minimum of two State prison terms; and being 40 years or younger. This interim report presents statistical data compiled in three areas. A descriptive analysis delineates State total, average, relative, and scalar number of charges by crime type and age and felony and other arrests over time by age and year. A judicial circuit analysis presents data on career criminals by circuit; by county; and per 1,000 population by county. Finally, a pilot career criminal analysis in two counties profiles career criminals and their impact. Additional data are provided in three appendixes. Extensive tables and 43 references.
Impact of Career Criminals on Florida's Criminal Justice System
NCJ Number
111128
Date Published
1988
Length
102 pages
Annotation
The Florida Statistical Analysis Center developed a methodology to identify and profile active recidivists in the State through a computer analysis of the computerized criminal history file, the wanted persons file, and a department of corrections file.
Abstract