NCJ Number
235627
Editor(s)
Emily R. Koyagi
Date Published
2008
Length
237 pages
Annotation
In addition to providing statistics on Kentucky's crime, arrest, prosecution, corrections, and juvenile justice trends, this 2008 Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics highlights selected crime categories that are currently the focus of the criminal justice system.
Abstract
The latter crime categories are drug-related offenses, particularly those involving methamphetamines and prescription drugs, driving under the influence (DUI) offenses, sex offenses, and school safety. The Sourcebook's first section presents findings from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey's 3-year estimates of demographic data for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The estimates address the average characteristics of population and housing over the 36 months between January 2006 and December 2008. Regarding victim services, the Department of Corrections' Office of Victim Services reported that there were 32,070 new registrations for V.I.N.E. (Victim Information and Notification Everyday) in 2008, up from 28,865 in 2007. Data are also provided on crime victim compensation, rape crisis centers, domestic violence shelters, and children's advocacy centers. Victim services provided by various criminal justice agencies are also reported, along with selected findings from a 2008 statewide victimization study. Under the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, in 2008 the Part I offense rate per 100,000 population was 2,850 in Kentucky compared to 3,667 in the United States as a whole. Between 2006 and 2008, the most significant increase in the offense rate for a Part I offense was for murder, which increased 16.1 percent during the 3-year period. Regarding arrest trends, the arrests rates for murder, rape, burglary, and arson in Kentucky were more than twice the national arrest rates for these offenses. Other data address trends in bail release, court disposition and sentencing, trial court caseload, appellate court caseload, commitment and release, and juvenile justice. Key criminal justice cost information is also provided. Extensive tables and figures and appended description of existing criminal justice information systems, descriptions of Part I and Part II offenses, and additional grant program descriptions