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Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

FEBRUARY 1996

COWLITZ COUNTY

County Seat: Kelso

Population - Office of Financial Management
Reported Index Crimes - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Adult Arrests - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Superior Court Filings - Office of the Administrator for the Courts
Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP) - Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs
Felony Jail Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Prison Admissions - Department of Corrections
Prison Sentences - Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Average Prison Sentences (Months) - Sentencing Guidelines Commission

Population

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	22,497	22,103	22,020	21,929	22,137	22,511	22,947	23,212	23,710	24,214	24,480
Age 18-39	27,300	26,749	26,450	26,240	26,425	26,334	26,460	26,545	26,643	26,682	26,824
Age 40+	29,461	29,606	30,460	31,232	32,305	33,274	34,093	34,744	35,748	36,904	38,098
Total	79,259	78,458	78,930	79,402	80,867	82,119	83,500	84,500	86,100	87,800	89,402

 

Reported Index Crimes

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	4	3	3	2	2	0	6	4	2	2	NA
Forcible Rape	35	40	23	30	46	63	87	86	72	27	NA
Robbery	49	41	57	49	55	30	53	50	62	57	NA
Aggravated Assault	93	143	128	115	117	137	149	122	155	176	NA
Arson	64	22	41	30	41	21	37	18	50	70	NA
Burglary	1,421	1,337	1,399	1,401	990	791	916	803	1,027	1,030	NA
Theft	2,818	2,544	2,743	2,654	2,465	2,339	2,313	2,272	3,153	3,004	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	207	171	209	208	216	169	208	242	265	351	NA
Total	4,691	4,301	4,603	4,489	3,932	3,550	3,769	3,597	4,786	4,717	NA

 

Adult Arrests

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	2	2	1	2	1	0	5	2	2	0	NA
Forcible Rape	8	14	5	7	19	23	23	11	15	5	NA
Robbery	12	6	13	13	22	11	17	7	6	10	NA
Aggravated Assault	48	47	54	51	45	51	92	51	51	21	NA
Arson	4	4	5	3	5	0	3	1	0	0	NA
Burglary	111	95	96	97	66	85	85	71	47	14	NA
Theft	379	342	346	365	366	439	492	320	200	90	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	20	16	24	25	28	23	29	19	16	8	NA
Drug Crimes	202	151	246	245	254	202	383	177	225	38	NA
Other Crimes	2,712	3,909	3,396	3,162	3,577	3,594	3,425	2,877	2,059	1,363	NA
Total	3,498	4,586	4,186	3,970	4,383	4,428	4,554	3,536	2,621	1,549	NA

 

Superior Court Filings

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	5	4	4	5	2	1	7	8	5	7	7
Sex Crimes	49	57	49	38	44	49	57	50	43	44	48
Robbery	12	9	16	13	19	14	15	8	16	31	16
Assault	39	56	47	51	44	56	59	32	62	72	104
Property Crimes	275	278	267	253	236	251	287	219	241	235	247
Drug Crimes	141	105	210	213	187	137	261	237	239	237	185
Other Felony	87	119	140	127	131	152	132	118	164	142	161
Total	608	628	733	700	663	660	818	672	770	768	768

 

Jail Average Daily Populations (ADP)

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	137	149	149	149	149	149	149	149	149	149	NA
Pre-trial ADP	30	40	40	50	64	71	78	88	83	94	NA
Post-trial ADP	37	48	55	56	65	71	62	58	67	68	NA
Other ADP	12	12	15	13	8	11	11	13	14	16	NA
Total ADP	79	100	110	119	137	153	151	159	164	178	NA

 

Felony Jail Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sex Crimes	NA	10	21	12	9	10	8	13	14	9	12
Robbery	NA	2	4	4	2	2	4	3	0	1	3
Assault	NA	26	22	18	20	23	25	33	29	36	39
Burglary	NA	48	51	35	34	41	34	34	23	43	33
Other Property Crimes	NA	87	116	121	108	116	135	138	125	144	125
Drug Crimes	NA	66	63	91	92	84	73	82	92	93	108
Other Crimes	NA	29	32	18	20	24	17	16	19	27	23
Total	NA	268	309	300	287	300	296	319	302	353	343

 

Average Felony Jail Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	-	-	2.0	10.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sex Crimes	NA	3.8	2.3	3.4	4.4	3.2	2.3	4.4	4.2	5.3	5.4
Robbery	NA	9.0	4.5	6.3	8.0	7.0	4.6	4.2	-	6.0	6.0
Assault	NA	3.4	2.5	4.3	2.9	3.6	3.3	4.1	3.6	4.4	3.2
Burglary	NA	3.5	3.3	3.3	2.9	2.7	2.8	3.5	1.7	2.7	4.2
Other Property Crimes	NA	2.6	2.0	2.4	2.5	1.9	2.0	2.4	2.1	2.4	1.9
Drug Crimes	NA	2.8	1.9	2.1	2.4	1.8	2.3	2.0	2.7	2.3	1.9
Other Crimes	NA	2.9	2.3	4.0	2.3	2.7	3.9	3.8	1.7	3.4	2.9
Average Sentence	NA	3.0	2.3	2.7	2.7	2.3	2.4	2.7	2.5	2.8	2.5

 

Prison Admissions

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	48	52	41	55	63	71	57	136	125	149	112
Readmissions	11	12	13	14	27	21	27	32	21	29	42
Parole/CCI Violations	13	14	5	2	8	16	9	9	6	16	20
Total	72	78	59	71	98	108	93	177	152	194	174

 

Prison Sentences

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	3	1
Manslaughter	NA	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	3
Sex Crimes	NA	13	16	18	14	16	22	25	25	21	20
Robbery	NA	5	10	5	6	12	4	9	5	20	11
Assault	NA	1	3	7	11	5	9	8	6	21	14
Burglary	NA	15	19	20	29	18	23	29	26	21	23
Other Property Crimes	NA	4	6	6	10	12	11	14	14	23	13
Drug Crimes	NA	12	9	22	29	33	26	91	82	92	65
Other Crimes	NA	1	0	2	2	2	3	4	3	5	4
Total	NA	53	63	82	103	100	100	182	164	204	153

 

Average Prison Sentences (Months)

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	201.3	-	-	264.0	-	-	302.7	281.0	424.7	-
Manslaughter	NA	17.5	-	80.5	30.5	31.5	34.0	22.0	26.3	35.0	18.4
Sex Crimes	NA	31.3	26.1	27.2	46.0	47.8	90.6	82.3	117.7	59.8	132.9
Robbery	NA	58.0	52.3	60.4	67.5	41.3	33.8	55.7	41.4	61.1	52.3
Assault	NA	14.0	18.3	19.4	90.4	43.0	38.9	41.1	39.7	64.8	37.4
Burglary	NA	18.7	21.1	21.9	29.6	34.6	30.3	33.2	29.3	29.1	35.1
Other Property Crimes	NA	16.8	17.3	18.5	25.8	15.5	17.1	17.6	19.3	21.4	24.6
Drug Crimes	NA	22.4	20.1	22.2	25.2	36.2	30.3	41.4	42.3	55.3	45.5
Other Crimes	NA	14.0	-	21.0	28.5	18.0	21.7	18.0	16.3	14.4	22.8
Average Sentence	NA	35.4	26.7	26.5	41.1	35.8	42.8	49.4	53.1	55.1	51.9

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