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

Statistical Analysis Center

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

Education and Workforce Outcomes of Juvenile Justice Participants in Washington state

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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