Transcript 2000 Juvenile Offense Data for Alachua County

All young people need
safe places to go,
worthwhile things to do,
a sense of belonging,
a sense of competence,
a feeling of hope,
and relationships with people
who can help
make a difference in their lives
Offense Data & Prevention Plan
of the State Atty
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2007 Juvenile Offense
Data and Delinquency
Prevention Plan
for Alachua County
Presented by:
Office of the State Attorney,
William Cervone
Gretchen Howard, Project Payback
[email protected] 352-337-6174
2007 Juvenile Offense Data
 Data reflects 2,031* offenses entered
into SAO STAC in which a juvenile
committed an offense between January 1
and December 31, 2007 in Alachua county
(2,377 offenses in 2006)
Total Number of offenses committed by
1,282 youth.
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 941 youth were charged with only one offense, (73%)
 335 youth committed 2 or more offenses, (26%)
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6 youth committed 10 or more offenses.
* The total number of 2006 juvenile offenses were committed by 1,498 juveniles;
1,091 youth were charged with only one offense in 2005, 407 youth committed 2 or
more offenses, 8 youth committed 10 or more offenses.
Population Demographics
Alachua County
Population,
2006
227,120
estimate
Population, percent change, 4/1/2000 – 7/1/2006
4.2 %
Florida
18,089,888
13.2 %
Persons under 18 years old, percent
19.1 %
22.2 %
White
73.2 %
80.2 %
Black/African American
20.3 %
15.8 %
1.6 %
1.3 %
14.5 %
11.9 %
Persons reporting two or more races
Persons below poverty, percent,
Source: http://www.quickfacts.census.gov
2004 est
2007/08 Alachua County School
Enrollment
White:
Black:
Hispanic
Multi:
Asian:
Native American:
TOTAL:
13,718
10,211
1,666
1,398
1,129
70
28,192
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49%
36%
6%
5%
4%
.25%
Agency Response, 2007/2006
LEA
ACSO
APD*
GPD
HSPD
UPD*
WAPD
Other
Total
2007/2006 Frequency
2007/2006 Percent
747/ 845
128/ 116
1056/ 1282
12 / 75
56 / 25
10 / 15
22/ 19
2,031 / 2,377
37% / 35.6%
6% / 5%
52% / 54%
.6% / 3.2%
3% / 1%
.5% /.6%
1.2% / 1%
100%*
HSPD generated 16 cases in 2005.
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Total Juvenile Offenses, 2007: 2,031
346 fewer offenses than 2006
(14.5% reduction)
YEAR
2000 2001 2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
# OF
OFFENSES
2,373 2,250 2,308
2,138
2,180
2,150
2,377
-170
+42
-30
+227
CHANGE
FROM
PREVIOUS
YEAR
Not
available
-123
+58
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2007 Gender of Juvenile
Male: 1,469 72%
Female: 562 28%
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Male
1,709
72%
1,646
73%
1,723
75%
1,585
74%
1,617
74%
1,541
72%
1,716
72%
Female
664
28%
604
27%
585
25%
553
26%
563
26%
609
28%
661
28%
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2007 Age and Gender at time of
Offense
Def Age:
Female
Male
Total
7-10
7
29
36
11
8
24
32
12
36*
52
88
13
50
144
194
14
85
251
336
15
107
290
397
16
146*
319
465
17
121
359
480*
18
2
1
3
Total
562 28%
1,469 72%
2,031
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Juvenile Race 2007
Black: 1,459 (72%)
White:
567 (28%)
Race of
defendant
Number of
offenses 2004
Number of
offenses 2005
Number of
offenses 2006
Black
1,508 (69%)
1,422 (66%)
1,600 (67%)
White
667 (31%)
724 (34%)
766 (32%)
Other
TOTAL
5 (--)
4 (--)
11 (--)
2180
2150
2,377
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2007 Age and Racial Characteristics
AGE
BLACK
WHITE
TOTAL
7-10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
27*
27
76
165
262
289
307
304
9
5
12
29
73
108
157*
174*
36
32
88
194
335
397
464
478*
TOTAL
1,457
(72%)
567
(28%)
2,024
SEX and RACE: Frequencies and Percentages
RACE
B
SEX
F
M
Total
Count
W
Total
400
160
% within SEX
71.2%
28.5%
100.0%
% within RACE
27.4%
28.2%
27.7%
% of Total
19.7%
7.9%
27.7%
407
1469
27.7%
100.0%
71.8%
72.3%
20.0%
72.3%
567
2031
27.9%
100.0%
100.0%
100.0%
27.9%
100.0%
Count
72.1%
% within RACE
72.6%
% of Total
52.1%
% within SEX
% within RACE
% of Total
.
1059
% within SEX
Count
.
.
.
.
.
1459
71.8%
.
100.0%
71.8%
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562
Types of Offenses: Categories
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Property
Criminal Mischief, Burglary, Theft (petit, retail, grand), Fraudulent use of credit card, Forgery,
Arson, Dealing in stolen property, worthless check
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Personal
Domestic violence, Robbery, Affray, Battery, Assault, Resisting arrest w/ violence, Kidnapping,
Culpable negligence, Attempted carjacking with a weapon
– Sex Crime Sexual Battery, lewd and lascivious, indecent exposure, voyeurism
– Gun Firearm related offense
– Dom Domestic battery or assault
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Other
Disorderly conduct, Trespassing, loitering, resisting arrest w/o violence, Giving
False Information, disrupting a school function, possession of weapon at school,
Juvenile escape.
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Drug
Alcohol or other illegal Drug offense (possession, sale or paraphernalia)
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Multiple types of offenses
Case involves multiple charges involving a Combination of offenses which include at least one
property or one personal offense category
2007 Juvenile Offense categories
Type of Offense
Frequency
Percent
787
39%
Domestic*
36
2%
Gun*
15
.7%
Sex*
19
1%
All Other Personal*
549
27%
*Total Personal
619
30.7%
Drug
250
12%
Other
335
16.5%
Combination
40
2%
2,031
100.0
Property
Total
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2007 Juvenile Race/Offense categories
Type of Offense
Black
White
536 (68%)
250 ( 32%)
Domestic*
19 (53%)
17 (47%)
Gun*
11 (73%)
4 (27%)
Sex*
13 (68%)
6 (32%)
All Other Personal*
434 (79%)
113 (21%)
Total Personal*
477 (77%)
140 (23 %)
Drug
123 (49%)
126 (51%)
Other
290 (87%)
44 (13%)
Combination
33 (83%)
7 (17%)
1,459 (72%)
567 (28%)
Property
Total
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OFFENSE DAY OF WEEK 2007/2006
MONTH
DAY
SUNDAY
242 / 333
MONDAY
282 / 321
TUESDAY*
319 / 321
WEDNESDAY
270 / 352
THURSDAY*
353 / 366
FRIDAY
325 / 378
SATURDAY
240 / 306
TOTAL
2,031 / 2,377
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Time of Day 2007/ 2006
Note: The first
category is a sixhour time period.
TIME
FREQUENCY
PERCENT
12:01am – 6:00am
233 / 267
11.5% / 11.2%
6:01am – 9:00am*
181 / 163
265 / 323
344 / 393
356 /471
311 /385
341 / 375
9% / 7%
9:01am – noon
12:01pm – 3:00pm
3:01pm – 6:00pm
6:01pm – 9:00pm
9:01pm –
midnight*
TOTALS
2377
13% / 13.5%
17% / 16.5%
17.5% / 19.8%
15.3% / 16.2%
16.8% / 15.8%
100%
Juvenile Transfers to Adult MM/CF
Type of Offense
#
Transferred/total
75/787
Property*
Domestic*
0/36
Gun*
4/15
Sex*
4/19
36/549
Other Personal*
Total Personal *
44/619
Drug
7/250
Other
8/335
Combination
5/40
Total
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/ 2,031
Juvenile Delinquency
Prevention
Long term: 3-10 years
Community wide Support
Building on Protective factors
Alachua County Vision and Mission
Vision:
End juvenile delinquency in Alachua County.
Mission:
The mission of Alachua County’s youth
Delinquency prevention partners is to
collaborate with and empower organizations and
individuals to eliminate Youth Delinquency in our
communities through advocacy, education, and
training.
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Areas of Our Delinquency
Prevention Focus:
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School Attendance
Teenage pregnancy
Drug/alcohol/substance abuse
Juvenile violence and property crime
Mental Health needs
Academic Success: Tutoring/Mentoring
Other: Parenting skills, Job Skills,
recreational/after school programming
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Who’s most at risk of
delinquency?
It is Critical…..Identify kids EARLY
1. Key Indicators…
Track and analyze data
2. Address with Appropriate,
Early Intervention
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Truancy numbers
Elementary: 586 students with 10+ unexcused
absences since 8/20/07. Of that total, 93
students have 20 or more absences.
 MIDDLE school students (this total does not include
Horizon or schools that serve both ES and MS grades): 391*
students with 10+ unexcused absences since
8/20/07. Of that total, 69 students have already
accumulated 20 or more unexcused absences.
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The SBAC Unexcused Absences report was run 1/23/08.
2007 Alachua County Dropouts by Grades
9th: 142 10th: 220 11th: 166 12th: 217
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The total Prevention strategy:
Suppression
Juvenile court orders sanctions
Police-Probation teams monitor compliance of court ordered teams
Intervention
Early Prevention
Neighborhood collaboration
Exposure to Prevention education
Community Norms
PSA’s
School Attendance
Faith based organizations
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Juvenile court order probation
Youth violence summits
Forest Pines summer youth program
After school programs
Restorative Justice
Mediation
PACT assessment
Office
The Action Strategies
will come to life by:
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Participation: We will garner support from all sectors
and audiences, including communities, policymakers,
educators and young people.
Performance: We will build on what works and use
data to measure results.
Places: We will prioritize places for our efforts based on
needs, opportunities and existing momentum.
Public Outreach: We will inform citizens about the
urgency of the challenge at hand and urge them to
adopt our strategic ideas.
Policy and Practice: We will pursue both best
practices and public policies that support and advance
these local Action Strategies.
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Ownership and Partners
Goal #2: To increase social norms that contribute to
equality & respect and safety for men, women, and
children.
Social norms are expectations of behavior that we
set and practice
Who: Parents, Youth, Faith Based
 What: PS Messages, discussions, actions, practice
 When: in the next 1- 6 months
 How: Talking, Letters, sharing concerns, Networking,
Sermons, solutions
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Who:
Neighborhood
Block Captains
& Parents
What:
Where:
Establishing &
supporting
expectations we hold
for parents, youth
Lincoln Estates
Ministers/
Churches
Sermons, parent and
Youth discussions,
bulletin articles
Youth
Develop and sign
Letters to Music
Celebrities to do a
PSA on Truancy,
pregnancy
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"When the issue of preventing
juvenile delinquency was
decided… Were you involved?
Where did you stand?
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