Publications

Corrections

March 2023
Statistical Analysis Center

This project will draw on the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC)'s Jail Booking and Reporting System (JBRS) to evaluate the potential demographic disparities by rates of days in jail and by rates of recidivism.

February 2023
Statistical Analysis Center

This project will draw on the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs Jail Booking and Reporting System to evaluate the readiness, (e.g., relevance, interpretability, coherence, and accuracy) of this data set.

January 2019
Statistical Analysis Center

Compares economic outcomes for similar offenders in prison or community supervision.

January 2019
Statistical Analysis Center

Examines the recidivism and post-release employment outcomes for property offenders with violent, sex and drug offenses.

January 2019
Statistical Analysis Center

Considers the correlations present between violations in custody and post-release outcomes.

January 2019
Statistical Analysis Center

Matches offenders based on their likelihood to complete education in prison and compares the outcomes of those receiving GEDs and higher education degrees.

October 2016
Statistical Analysis Center

Examines the recidivism and post-release employment rates of Washington property offenders

June 2016
Statistical Analysis Center

Provides statewide jail booking data for calendar years 2010 through 2013

January 2016
Research and Data Analysis Division, Department of Social and Health Services

Compares mental health and substance use disorder treatment needs of Medicaid enrollees booked into jail in 2013 with those of the general Medicaid population

Criminal Justice System

September 2022
Statistical Analysis Center

This project aims to connect data from multiple agencies to detail the relationship between arrests, court cases, and corrections.

September 2022
Statistical Analysis Center

This project endeavors to assess disparities in the criminal justice system by each decision point.

June 2021
Statistical Analysis Center

This report aims to show how the state would tier registered sex offenders in Washington, if the state chooses to incorporate a specific tiering system and seek compliance with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act.

February 2020
Statistical Analysis Center

This report details the findings of a workgroup tasked with reviewing sex offender supervision in Washington.

November 2019
Statistical Analysis Center

Discusses the feasibility of centralizing Washington's firearem background check system and provides recommendations around implemetation.

February 2017
Statistical Analysis Center

Details the Washington firearm background system and discusses gaps in procedure.

February 2017
Statistical Analysis Center

User-guided process map for the Washington firearm background check system with gaps highlighted from the report.

September 2016
Statistical Analysis Center

Examines Washington residents' perceptions of sex offenders and sex offender policies

October 2012
Statistical Analysis Center

Provides statewide data by county on respondents’ awareness of serious crimes committed in their neighborhoods in 2006

Crime

September 2023
Statistical Analysis Center

This report analyzes COVID-19 impacts on criminal justice data. Specifically, it focuses on the differences amongst adult and juvenile arrests, adult sentencing and juvenile dispositions, adult and juvenile carceral admissions between 2020 and previous years. This type of analysis can help support state and federal policymakers in determining potential next steps in addressing the pandemic’s impact on the criminal justice system – both in the short-term and in the long-term.

November 2022
Statistical Analysis Center

This project analyzes COVID-19 impacts on criminal justice data. Specifically, it focuses on reported National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) offenses and Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC) arrests and bookings.

March 2007
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Provides statewide data by county on respondents’ awareness of serious crimes committed in their neighborhoods in 2006

July 2005
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Provides statewide data by county on respondents’ awareness of serious crimes committed in their neighborhoods in 2004

Domestic Violence

May 2012
Washington State Center for Court Research, Administrative Office of the Courts

Examines the relationship between the type of sentence received for domestic violence and recidivism

May 2012
Washington State Center for Court Research, Administrative Office of the Courts

Examines the rates of domestic violence case filings in Washington, characteristics of first-time offenders, and first-time offenders’ other offenses in the 5 years before and after their first domestic violence offense

Drugs

June 2009
Statistical Analysis Center

Reports on the costs of drug and alcohol use to public health and criminal justice systems in Washington to identify differential impacts across the state

Juvenile Crime

September 2022
Statistical Analysis Center

This project seeks to discover whether exclusionary discipline and later criminal justice system involvement are associated, and to determine whether race, sex, and homelessness are confounding factors.

March 2018
Statistical Analysis Center

This report explored education outcomes of youth who were enrolled in ninth grade in a Washington state public school at any point during the 2004–05 academic year and who have had one or more truancies. The cohorts were followed for seven years through the 2011-12 academic year to allow for examination of both high school outcomes and postsecondary enrollment and outcomes. 

February 2017
Statistical Analysis Center

Education and Workforce Outcomes of Juvenile Justice Participants in Washington state

September 2016
Research and Data Analysis Division, Department of Social and Health Services

Identifies key risk and protective factors associated with criminal justice involvement among youth transitioning to adulthood the year after aging out of foster care

August 2014
Research and Data Analysis Division, Department of Social and Health Services

Explores how many juvenile offenders who were sentenced as adults had previous contact with the foster care system

October 2013
Statistical Analysis Center

Provides data regarding race, ethnicity, age, and sentences of juveniles who were tried as adults and those who were tried in juvenile court 

May 2012
Washington State Center for Court Research, Administrative Office of the Courts

Examines the impact of abuse and neglect on juvenile crime based on type of maltreatment, race, ethnicity, and gender 

July 2010
Statistical Analysis Center

Provides key findings from a survey on the occurrence of violent crimes in Washington schools, along with characteristics of those schools in relation to their crime rates, during the 2008-2009 school year

Marijuana Legalization

July 2019
Statistical Analysis Center and Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Reports on updated information on marijuana use, criminal activity, production, and retail sales

April 2017
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Reports on updated information on marijuana use, criminal activity, production, and retail sales

January 2016
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Reports on updated information on marijuana use, criminal activity, production, and retail sales

February 2015
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Provides a baseline report on marijuana use, criminal activity, production, and retail sales

Sentencing

January 2023
Statistical Analysis Center

This project reviews Washington state's offender score, and other situationa calculations associated to the offender score, on rates of recidivism rates.

July 2020
Statistical Analysis Center

This report reviews disparities in sex offender sentencing in Washington state using a Quantile Regression.

April 2006
Forecasting and Research Division, Office of Financial Management

Examines the number of sentences and average sentence length by offense type and county to determine whether sentencing for similar crimes is uniform across counties in Washington

April 2004
Office of Financial Management

Details the Washington 2004 application to the National Criminal History Improvement Program, a grant program to improve the quality and accessibility of criminal history records

October 1998
Statistical Analysis Center

Provides documentation on a computer simulation of Washington’s juvenile sentencing guidelines to assess the potential impact of proposed changes in sentencing guidelines

Recidivism

February 2020
Statistical Analysis Center

Statistics on the arrest rates over a 15 year period for those registering as sex offenders in Washington.