The global 2020 coronavirus pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on the operations and actions of local, state, and national governments across all areas of criminal justice. The unique characteristics of this pandemic trend toward short- and long-term consequences as significant changes to criminal justice and legal outcomes. To respond to these impacts, the Washington Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) applied for and received the 2022 State Justice Statistics (SJS) grant from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The SAC sought the grant to increase access to statistical data and create new metrics and indicators to enhance the integrated criminal justice database — the Justice Data Warehouse (JDW) — in efforts to strategically and analytically evaluate the pandemic’s impacts in criminal justice. Through this grant, the Washington SAC leveraged and built upon the JDW to expand the data variables by creating COVID-19 metrics and indicators to help assess and account for COVID-19 impacts in the criminal justice and legal system.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Through the use of publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, this report, which is part of a series of NIBRS reports, will endeavor to better understand more about the different demographic groups that are most impacted, and how these trends vary by time. Furthermore, this report will assess the demographic differences in the presence of bias motivation, the use of weapons and/ or force, and the presence of familiarity in victimization in NIBRS crimes against society (i.e., offenses that represent society’s prohibitions against certain activities, such as gambling, prostitution, and drug violations - these are typically victimless crimes.

Through the use of publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, this report, which is part of a series of NIBRS reports, will endeavor to better understand more about the different demographic groups that are most impacted, and how these trends vary by time. Furthermore, this report will assess the demographic differences in the presence of injury, the presence of bias motivation, the use of weapons and/ or force, and the presence of familiarity in victimization in NIBRS crimes against property (i.e., i.e., criminal acts that destroy or deprive another's property against the owner's will - generally considered less serious than crimes against persons, but they can still be felonies).

Through the use of publicly available data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) to evaluate sex and racial disparities and disproportionalities, this report, which is part of a series of NIBRS reports, will endeavor to better understand more about the different demographic groups that are most impacted, and how these trends vary by time. Furthermore, this report will assess the demographic differences in the presence of injury, the presence of bias motivation, the use of weapons and/ or force, and the presence of familiarity in victimization in NIBRS crimes against persons (i.e., crimes whose victims are individuals).

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.

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.

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

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

Tracking recidivism can provide necessary information to support successful integration into the community following a prison sentence – which promotes community and public safety. Furthermore, understanding the individuals who are more likely to recidivate, and assessing demographic differences amongst the years can provide even more knowledge for supporting successful reentry.

Rates of recidivism have been commonly used as a key measure for public safety and in assessing the effectiveness of the criminal justice system – sentencing, jails, prisons, community supervision, treatment and reentry programming. There is continued interest in tracking recidivism rates beyond a three-year follow up. Tracking long-term recidivism can provide information for supporting incarcerated individuals and promoting their success to reintegrate into the community following a prison sentence.

Statistical Analysis Center

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

Jail populations continue to be under-evaluated and under-researched. While there is a plethora of research on correctional incarcerated populations, there is a need to better assess jail populations as more people interact with this incarcerated institution than any other carceral facility. To evaluate long-term booking rates in Washington, the Washington Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) applied for and received the 2021 State Justice Statistics (SJS) grant from Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). Under this grant from BJS, the SAC will draw on data from the Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs (WASPC)’s Jail Booking and Reporting System (JBRS) to evaluate the evaluate the racial and sex similarities and differences among individuals booked in jail.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Provides statewide jail booking data for calendar years 2010 through 2013.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Education and Workforce Outcomes of Juvenile Justice Participants in Washington state

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Two reports by the Forecasting and Research Division of the Washington Office of Financial Management analyze the production and sales of marijuana since its recreational legalization in Washington and its impacts on crime.

In February 2015, a baseline report, Monitoring Impacts of Recreational Marijuana Legalization: 2015 Baseline Report, was released. A second report, Monitoring Impacts of Recreational Marijuana Legalization: 2015 Update Report, was released in January 2016 to include additional data and account for legislation modifying some of the provisions initially outlined in Initiative 502.

Both reports measure and analyze:

• Marijuana use
• Marijuana production and sales
• Marijuana misuse
• Crime related to marijuana
• Marijuana tax revenues
• Local marijuana ordinances

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

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

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

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

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