How Many Juveniles were Referred to Multnomah County

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Figure 1 - Multnomah County Population by Race as
Compared to Adult Offenders Under Active
Supervision by Race December 1998
Population by Race in Multnomah County, 1998
American Community Survey Pop. ests. African-Ame
r. 44,032 (7.1) Asian
38,212 (6.2) Hispanic 31,476
(5.1) Anglo 496,024
(80.4) Native-Amer. 8,109
(1.3) __________________________ Total
617,853 (100)
December 1998 Active Adult Caseload
African-Amer. 2,229
(22.0) Asian 181
(1.8) Hispanic 494
(4.9) Anglo 7092
(70.1) Native-Amer. 117
(1.2) ______________________________
_Total 10,113 (100)
- Unduplicated count of adult offenders.
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Figure 2 - Offenders Risk Scores Within Racial
Categories December 1998
High Risk to Re-offend 737
(35.0) 12 (7.0)
65 (15.0) 1,299 (19.2)
34 (30.6)
High Risk to Re-offend 2,147 (22.5)
Total Active Caseload - December 1998 9,563
Medium Risk to Re-offend 474
(22.5) 56 (32.7) 114
(26.3) 1,551 (23.0)
26 (23.4)
Medium Risk to Re-offend 2,221 (23.2)
Low Risk to Re-offend 358 (17.0)
42 (24.6) 120
(27.7) 1,347 (20.0) 16
(14.4)
African-Amer. 2,108 Asian
171 Hispanic 433 Anglo
6,740 Native-Amer. 111
Low Risk to Re-offend 1,883 (19.7)
Limited Risk to Re-offend 539
(25.6) 61 (35.7) 134
(30.9) 2,543 (37.7)
35 (31.5)
Limited Risk to Re-offend 3,312 (34.6)
- 550 cases were pending at the time of the
data download and are not included in this figure.
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Figure 3 - Offenders Risk Score Overrides
Within Racial Categories December 1998
Override to Higher level of risk n 1,638 (51.8)
267 (46.1) 36 (65.6) 89
(62.7) 1,224 (52.2) 22
(57.9)
Override n 3,164 (33.1)
579 (27.5) 58 (33.9) 142
(32.8) 2,347 (34.8) 38 (34.2)
Active Adult Caseload December 1998 9,563
Override to Lower level of risk n 1,526 (48.2)
312 (53.8) 22 (34.5) 53
(37.3) 1123 (47.8) 16 (42.1)
No override n 6,399 (66.9)
1,529 (72.5) 113 (66.1) 291
(67.2) 4,394 (65.2) 73
(65.8)
African-Amer. 2,108 Asian
171 Hispanic
433 Anglo
6,741 Native-Amer. 111
- The override reflects the increase or
decrease in the level of supervision as
determined by information not tapped by the risk
assessment score instrument.
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Figure 4 - Active Caseload by Race as Compared to
Imposed Sanction Events by Race December 1998
Administratively Imposed Sanctions (Jan. 1 -
Dec. 31, 1998) 1,623 (36.0)
30 (.7) 118
(2.6) 2,663 (59.1)
72 (1.6) __________________ 4
,506 100
December 1998 Active Adult Caseload
African-Amer. 2,229
22.0 Asian 181
1.8 Hispanic 494
4.9 Anglo 7,092
70.1 Native-Amer. 117
1.2 _____________________________ Total
10,113 100
- 657 cases were classified asother race and
not included in this figure.
-These sanctioned events represent 2,858
offenders. Of these 2,858 offenders 63 (1,082)
had only one sanction imposed in the calendar
year. The range for the remaining 37 (1,056)
had from 2 to 7 events imposed.
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Figure 5 - Offenders Solely-Imposed Sanctions
Within Racial Categories 1998
685 (78.5) 15 (88.2) 47
(67.1) 1,026 (76.8) 36 (80.0)
lt 30 days n 1,809 (77.3)
873 (79.9) 17 (85.0) 70
(79.5) 1,336 (75.1) 45 (83.3)
Jail n 2,341 (77.1)
188 (21.5) 2 (11.8) 23
(32.9) 310 (23.2) 9 (20.0)
31 days n 532 (22.7)
58 (5.3) 2 (10.0) 4
(4.5) 123 (6.9) 3 (5.6)
Revoked n 190 (6.3)
Solely-Imposed Sanctions - 1998 3,035
80 (54.1) 0 (0.0) 7
(70.0) 115 (41.4) 4 (66.7)
DRC n 206 (46.5)
24 (16.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (20.0)
51 (18.3) 1 (16.7)
African-Amer. 1,093 Asian
20 Hispanic 88 Anglo
1,780 Native-Amer. 54
Comm. Serv. n 78 (17.6)
148 (13.5) 1 (5.0) 10 (11.4)
278 (15.6) 6 (11.1)
Program n 443 (14.6)
10 (6.8) 0 (0.0) 1 (10.0)
39 (14.0) 1 (16.7)
Forest Proj. n 51 (11.5)
14 (1.3) 0 (0.0) 4 (4.5)
43 (2.4) 0 (0.0)
34 (23.0) 1 (100) 0 (0.0)
73 (26.3) 0 (0.0)
Drug/Alc n 61 (2.0)
Work Crew n 108 (24.4)
- Duplicated count of adult offenders
- Of the 4,506 events shown in Figure 4, 1,471
are not included in this figure because these
events were either a) multiple sanctions
imposed i.e., jail and program(s) or b) other
Programs which had numbers too small to allow
for a racial breakdown.