Washington State County Criminal Justice Databook: 1985 to 1995

February 1996

Benton County

County Seat: Prosser

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

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Age 0-17	32,786	32,842	32,963	33,068	33,273	33,870	34,718	36,026	37,458	38,750	39,915
Age 18-39	40,330	39,895	39,313	38,839	38,521	38,007	38,458	39,398	40,428	41,384	42,219
Age 40+	35,337	36,104	37,362	38,500	39,561	40,683	41,625	43,077	44,915	46,866	48,864
Total	108,452	108,841	109,637	110,408	111,355	112,560	114,801	118,501	122,800	127,000	130,998

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	5	4	5	1	2	7	2	2	3	4	NA
Forcible Rape	36	39	48	51	71	65	77	84	74	70	NA
Robbery	27	51	33	41	41	37	46	38	33	61	NA
Aggravated Assault	157	169	183	205	195	279	225	240	273	265	NA
Arson	56	58	42	35	22	34	27	48	26	45	NA
Burglary	1,180	1,718	1,800	1,725	1,534	1,364	1,206	886	893	802	NA
Theft	3,536	4,259	4,141	4,175	4,073	4,126	4,489	4,376	3,725	4,752	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	141	189	202	219	231	202	203	211	219	226	NA
Total	5,138	6,487	6,454	6,452	6,169	6,114	6,275	5,885	5,246	6,225	NA

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	3	2	4	1	1	4	3	0	4	1	NA
Forcible Rape	10	9	10	19	20	13	19	33	18	16	NA
Robbery	7	16	15	17	23	17	7	20	13	21	NA
Aggravated Assault	44	55	46	147	106	103	85	77	102	118	NA
Arson	0	6	5	4	2	2	2	4	3	5	NA
Burglary	120	130	130	182	168	121	75	108	76	86	NA
Theft	648	691	563	658	651	709	608	618	591	703	NA
Motor Vehicle Theft	13	6	19	38	39	25	33	26	11	18	NA
Drug Crimes	224	162	208	263	167	140	184	308	401	420	NA
Other Crimes	2,713	2,838	3,277	3,751	4,317	4,119	4,638	5,105	5,410	5,882	NA
Total	3,782	3,915	4,277	5,080	5,494	5,253	5,654	6,299	6,629	7,270	NA

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Homicide	5	6	10	1	2	7	3	2	5	1	3
Sex Crimes	30	21	30	40	34	27	56	64	47	43	34
Robbery	4	8	5	7	19	15	5	16	11	18	17
Assault	12	29	30	28	22	34	36	24	28	43	58
Property Crimes	149	181	169	222	223	191	180	177	166	207	220
Drug Crimes	74	82	114	134	94	74	61	121	106	159	229
Other Felony	49	81	77	112	110	91	83	92	99	112	163
Total	323	408	435	544	504	439	424	496	462	583	724

Calendar Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Rated Capacity	109	109	109	126	126	126	126	126	126	126	NA
Pre-trial ADP	31	43	40	47	37	32	34	38	39	40	NA
Post-trial ADP	23	35	45	53	58	55	50	63	61	67	NA
Other ADP	20	18	12	14	14	16	28	29	27	29	NA
Total ADP	74	96	97	114	109	103	112	130	127	136	NA

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0
Sex Crimes	NA	9	11	9	13	6	11	16	20	8	9
Robbery	NA	1	3	0	3	2	3	4	3	0	6
Assault	NA	8	21	15	23	19	19	33	10	28	25
Burglary	NA	31	73	61	58	57	41	30	35	16	16
Other Property Crimes	NA	71	108	106	113	122	94	140	103	99	183
Drug Crimes	NA	17	42	61	51	45	38	44	56	73	84
Other Crimes	NA	4	14	18	32	33	24	30	38	24	29
Total	NA	142	273	271	293	284	232	298	266	248	352

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Manslaughter	NA	3.0	2.0	12.0	-	-	9.0	9.0	12.0	-	-
Sex Crimes	NA	6.0	3.2	2.7	0.8	5.2	4.9	4.9	5.4	4.0	5.1
Robbery	NA	4.0	5.6	-	5.3	8.5	6.7	4.8	6.0	-	5.5
Assault	NA	3.3	2.9	2.1	3.7	3.9	3.1	3.6	2.3	3.6	2.9
Burglary	NA	4.2	3.0	2.2	2.6	3.3	3.6	3.9	2.4	3.4	2.3
Other Property Crimes	NA	2.3	1.8	2.0	1.5	1.7	2.1	1.7	2.1	1.5	2.3
Drug Crimes	NA	2.8	1.7	1.4	1.0	2.3	2.6	2.4	2.5	2.3	1.6
Other Crimes	NA	1.3	1.2	1.3	2.8	2.8	3.0	2.7	2.4	3.0	2.4
Average Sentence	NA	3.0	2.3	1.9	2.0	2.5	2.9	2.6	2.6	2.3	2.3

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
New Admissions	25	27	51	52	50	57	46	52	64	51	42
Readmissions	4	5	5	17	13	11	22	14	23	19	19
Parole/CCI Violations	7	7	10	3	6	10	7	7	6	11	6
Total	36	39	66	72	69	78	75	73	93	81	67

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	1
Manslaughter	NA	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sex Crimes	NA	8	4	5	10	12	9	17	23	12	5
Robbery	NA	3	8	1	10	8	7	5	11	7	2
Assault	NA	1	6	5	4	7	9	7	4	5	12
Burglary	NA	3	21	22	20	15	17	13	14	16	7
Other Property Crimes	NA	4	2	1	12	13	7	4	14	13	10
Drug Crimes	NA	10	23	38	16	30	22	27	20	20	27
Other Crimes	NA	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	3	4	5
Total	NA	31	67	76	74	88	75	80	90	81	69

Fiscal Year	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Murder	NA	320.0	203.0	280.0	276.0	165.0	42.0	214.0	240.0	240.5	399.0
Manslaughter	NA	36.0	72.0	34.0	-	-	36.5	-	-	-	-
Sex Crimes	NA	43.5	19.0	39.7	38.9	31.8	59.6	57.3	64.5	44.3	188.8
Robbery	NA	42.7	39.4	31.0	47.8	34.1	59.6	93.8	43.4	62.2	31.5
Assault	NA	14.0	23.2	14.4	42.5	19.6	32.0	30.7	25.8	15.8	57.0
Burglary	NA	22.0	18.1	25.5	21.1	28.7	37.8	35.1	25.9	40.8	41.1
Other Property Crimes	NA	18.3	18.0	22.0	15.1	17.2	16.6	15.5	14.7	19.1	16.6
Drug Crimes	NA	18.4	18.3	24.8	19.5	41.3	34.8	31.2	27.5	30.8	28.4
Other Crimes	NA	-	-	12.0	-	12.0	-	12.2	31.7	17.3	21.6
Average Sentence	NA	37.7	27.5	32.0	33.8	32.7	39.0	43.8	39.1	44.3	49.6