GPS RESEARCH LIBRARY: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960, 1991) ============================================================ Georgia Prisoners' Speak — gps.press Generated: 2026-09-11 12:00:26 EDT Research Date: 2026-09-06 Topic: Demographics & Context JSON: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-criminal-justice-data-1988-ncj-128960-1991/?format=json SUMMARY ---------------------------------------- This document is a 1988 Georgia criminal justice data report containing statements from state officials on jail and prison overcrowding, drug-related crime, and case processing trends. Key findings include Georgia county jails holding over 14,000 inmates in facilities designed for fewer than 10,000, approximately 120,000 individuals on probation and 11,000 on parole, and a 50% reduction in superior court case processing time from 1978 to 1987. The document also documents Governor Joe Frank Harris's March 7, 1989 emergency release order and a DUI pilot program finding that 64% of first-time DUI offenders were problem drinkers. STATISTICS (372) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Georgia law enforcement officers killed in 1988 Four law enforcement officers were killed in Georgia in 1988, according to Georgia Crime Information Center data. Value: 4.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,law_enforcement,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Active probationers on first offender status, 1984 In December 1984, 12,544 probationers (15.7%) were on first offender status out of 79,929 total reported active probationers. An additional 10,203 reports were not received. Value: 12544.0 probationers (vs. 79929 total reported active probationers) Date: 1984-01-01 Tags: probation,first_offender,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total inmates in GDC custody as of November 30, 1988 As of November 30, 1988, the Department and the Board of Corrections were responsible for the custody and care of 18,870 inmates institutionalized in facilities under the authority of the Department and the Board. Value: 18870.0 inmates Date: 1988-11-30 Tags: demographics,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia county jails holding over 14,000 inmates in facilities designed for under 10,000 Georgia's county jails are holding more than 14,000 inmates in facilities that were designed to hold less than 10,000. Value: 14000.0 inmates (vs. 10000 design capacity) Tags: facilities,overcrowding,jails Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia law enforcement agencies count 1988 The State of Georgia grants the power of arrest to some 740 active law enforcement agencies which can be grouped into seven major categories: state agencies, municipal agencies, county police agencies, county sheriff departments, campus agencies, state authorities' and institutions' agencies, and other agencies. These agencies employ 17,196 certified officers. Value: 740.0 agencies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Fulton County had the highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Fulton County ranked first among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 16,183.2 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 16183.2 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide non-index crimes 1987 Total non-index crimes reported in Georgia for 1987 were 317,771. Value: 317771.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total Index crime arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia law enforcement agencies reported 67,002 Index crime arrests in 1988, a 19.3% increase from 1987. Value: 67002.0 arrests (vs. 56150 1987 Index crime arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia law enforcement officers killed 1984-1988 The number of Georgia law enforcement officers killed by year from 1984 to 1988 was: 5 in 1984, 4 in 1985, 6 in 1986, 2 in 1987, and 4 in 1988, totaling 21 deaths over the five-year period. Value: 21.0 officers Tags: death,law_enforcement,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Active probationers on first offender status, 1985 In December 1985, 13,382 probationers (15.4%) were on first offender status out of 87,100 total reported active probationers. An additional 13,747 reports were not received. Value: 13382.0 probationers (vs. 87100 total reported active probationers) Date: 1985-01-01 Tags: probation,first_offender,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Active probationers under GDC supervision as of December 1988 The Department and the Board were responsible for the supervision of 107,610 active probationers as of December 1988. Value: 107610.0 probationers Date: 1988-12-01 Tags: demographics,probation Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Approximately 4,000 sentenced state inmates held in county jails Approximately 4,000 of the inmates in Georgia county jails are sentenced and belong in state institutions. Value: 4000.0 inmates Tags: facilities,overcrowding,jails,transfers Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia certified law enforcement officers 1988 Georgia's 740 active law enforcement agencies employ 17,196 certified officers. Value: 17196.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Glynn County had the second highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Glynn County ranked second among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 9,786.8 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 9786.8 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide non-index crimes 1988 Total non-index crimes reported in Georgia for 1988 were 367,991. Value: 367991.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia law enforcement officers assaulted in 1988 In 1988, 1,264 law enforcement officers were reported assaulted in Georgia, an increase from 1,101 in 1984. Value: 1264.0 officers (vs. 1101 1984) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Active probationers on first offender status, 1986 In December 1986, 14,412 probationers (16.3%) were on first offender status out of 88,470 total reported active probationers. An additional 11,919 reports were not received. Value: 14412.0 probationers (vs. 88470 total reported active probationers) Date: 1986-01-01 Tags: probation,first_offender,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Number of state correctional institutions operated by GDC in 1988 The Department has authority over 25 correctional institutions, 10 probation district offices and 19 diversion centers. Value: 25.0 institutions Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Roughly 120,000 individuals on probation in Georgia Because the state has run out of prison space, there are now roughly 120,000 individuals in Georgia on probation. Value: 120000.0 individuals Tags: probation,overcrowding,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia State Patrol officer count 1988 The Georgia State Patrol's duties are performed by 830 certified officers assigned to 48 Patrol Posts located throughout Georgia. Value: 830.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] DeKalb County had the third highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 DeKalb County ranked third among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 9,230.0 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 9230.0 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other assaults 1987 Total other assaults reported in Georgia for 1987 were 39,759. Value: 39759.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: violence,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Violent Index crime arrests, 1988 Total violent Index crime arrests in Georgia reached 17,773 in 1988, a 22.3% increase from 1987 and a 40.7% increase from 1984. Value: 17773.0 arrests (vs. 14529 1987 violent Index crime arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Five-year increase in Georgia officer assaults 1984-1988 Yearly changes in the total number of officers assaulted in Georgia remained fairly consistent, showing an increase of only 6.0% during the five-year period 1984-1988. Value: 6.0 percent Tags: violence,law_enforcement,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Active probationers on first offender status, 1987 In December 1987, 15,897 probationers (17.0%) were on first offender status out of 95,422 total reported active probationers. An additional 12,188 reports were not received. Value: 15897.0 probationers (vs. 95422 total reported active probationers) Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: probation,first_offender,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GDC authorized employment total in 1988 The Department of Corrections is authorized to employ 7,748 persons to carry out its assigned functions, making it the largest state criminal justice agency. Value: 7748.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] About 11,000 individuals on parole in Georgia Because the state has run out of prison space, there are now about 11,000 individuals in Georgia on parole. Value: 11000.0 individuals Tags: parole,overcrowding,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent count 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation's duties are performed by 242 certified special agents and 48 narcotics agents. There are 13 regional offices and four regional drug enforcement offices located throughout Georgia. Value: 242.0 special agents Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Crisp County had the fourth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Crisp County ranked fourth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 9,156.8 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 9156.8 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other assaults 1988 Total other assaults reported in Georgia for 1988 were 49,214. Value: 49214.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Property Index crime arrests, 1988 Total property Index crime arrests in Georgia reached 49,229 in 1988, an 18.3% increase from 1987 and a 44.9% increase from 1984. Value: 49229.0 arrests (vs. 41621 1987 property Index crime arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] First offender probationers by age and sex, 1988 In December 1988, among men on first offender status: 3,134 were ages 00-21, 7,394 were ages 22-39, and 1,242 were ages 40-98. Among women on first offender status: 334 were ages 00-21, 563 were ages 22-39, and 81 were ages 40-98. Total on first offender status was 15,897 (14% of 95,422 reported). Value: 15897.0 probationers (vs. 95422 total reported active probationers) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: probation,first_offender,demographics,gender Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Probation program employees in 1988 The Department employs 713 probation program employees who actually supervise offenders sentenced to state probation by the courts. Value: 713.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,probation Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Bureau of Investigation narcotics agents 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation employs 48 narcotics agents in addition to 242 certified special agents. Value: 48.0 narcotics agents Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Dougherty County had the fifth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Dougherty County ranked fifth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 8,635.6 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 8635.6 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide forgery/counterfeit 1987 Total forgery/counterfeit offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 10,500. Value: 10500.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Murder arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 707 murder arrests in 1988, a 1.9% increase from 694 in 1987 and a 23.2% increase from 574 in 1984. Value: 707.0 arrests (vs. 694 1987 murder arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Diversion center average stay length The average stay in a diversion center is 120 days. Value: 120.0 days Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Department of Natural Resources conservation rangers 1988 The Department of Natural Resources, Game and Fish Division's Law Enforcement Unit duties are performed by 406 certified conservation rangers assigned to the 159 counties in Georgia. Value: 406.0 conservation rangers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Tattnall County had the sixth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Tattnall County ranked sixth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 8,492.6 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 8492.6 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide forgery/counterfeit 1988 Total forgery/counterfeit offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 12,600. Value: 12600.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Forcible rape arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 1,102 forcible rape arrests in 1988, a 12.7% increase from 978 in 1987 and a 17.0% increase from 942 in 1984. Value: 1102.0 arrests (vs. 978 1987 forcible rape arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Diversion center authorized staffing The Department is authorized to employ 285 employees to supervise offenders placed in 19 diversion centers. Value: 285.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Department of Revenue Alcohol Tobacco Tax Unit agents 1988 The Department of Revenue, Alcohol, Tobacco Tax Unit's duties are performed by 30 certified law enforcement agents. Value: 30.0 agents Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Clayton County had the seventh highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Clayton County ranked seventh among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 7,711.8 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 7711.8 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide fraud 1987 Total fraud offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 13,458. Value: 13458.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Robbery arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 3,928 robbery arrests in 1988, a 28.4% increase from 3,058 in 1987 and a 57.0% increase from 2,502 in 1984. Value: 3928.0 arrests (vs. 3058 1987 robbery arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia traffic fatalities in 1988 In 1988, more traffic fatalities occurred in Georgia than in any of the previous four years, with total fatalities increasing by 250 over 1984 figures. Value: 250.0 fatalities Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Diversion center annual capacity The current capacity of the diversion centers allows for custody of a minimum of 3,451 residents per year. Value: 3451.0 residents per year Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Secretary of State investigators 1988 The Investigation Division, State Examining Boards, and the Securities Investigation Unit, Secretary of State, duties are performed by 32 certified investigators based in Atlanta. Value: 32.0 investigators Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Bibb County had the eighth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Bibb County ranked eighth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 7,642.9 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 7642.9 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide fraud 1988 Total fraud offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 15,743. Value: 15743.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Aggravated assault arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 12,036 aggravated assault arrests in 1988, a 22.8% increase from 9,799 in 1987 and a 39.7% increase from 8,618 in 1984. Value: 12036.0 arrests (vs. 9799 1987 aggravated assault arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia DUI-related traffic fatalities trend 1984-1988 While total Georgia traffic fatalities increased by 250 over 1984 figures, DUI-related fatalities decreased by 17 during the same period. Value: 17.0 fatalities Tags: death,traffic,drugs,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Detention center average stay length The average stay in a detention center is 90 to 120 days. Value: 90.0 days (vs. 120 days (upper range)) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Department of Transportation Permits and Enforcement officers 1988 The Permits and Enforcement Division, Department of Transportation duties are performed by 297 certified officers located in state highway districts. Value: 297.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Dawson County had the ninth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Dawson County ranked ninth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 7,639.6 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 7639.6 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide embezzlement 1987 Total embezzlement offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 2,657. Value: 2657.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Burglary arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 10,493 burglary arrests in 1988, a 13.8% increase from 9,223 in 1987 and a 37.1% increase from 7,654 in 1984. Value: 10493.0 arrests (vs. 9223 1987 burglary arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia total traffic fatalities 1988 Total traffic fatalities in Georgia in 1988 were 1,660, up from 1,604 in 1987. Value: 1660.0 fatalities (vs. 1604 1987) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Detention center authorized staffing The Department is authorized to employ 285 individuals to staff 5 detention centers which are to be fully operational by the middle of 1989. Value: 285.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia state law enforcement agencies officer total 1988 Workload measures generated by the State's six major law enforcement agencies, employing 1,837 officers with arrest powers, are included with the data in this report. Value: 1837.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Tift County had the tenth highest index crime rate in Georgia in 1988 Tift County ranked tenth among Georgia counties by index crime rate at 7,469.7 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 7469.7 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,county,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide embezzlement 1988 Total embezzlement offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 2,819. Value: 2819.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Larceny arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 34,980 larceny arrests in 1988, a 19.0% increase from 29,407 in 1987 and a 44.7% increase from 24,173 in 1984. Value: 34980.0 arrests (vs. 29407 1987 larceny arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia DUI-related traffic fatalities 1988 DUI-related traffic fatalities in Georgia in 1988 totaled 498, representing 30.0% of all traffic fatalities. Value: 498.0 fatalities Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Detention center capacity and annual service capacity The capacity (220) of these centers will allow them to serve 2,450 residents per year. Value: 220.0 beds (vs. 2450 residents per year) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia local law enforcement agencies count 1988 In Georgia there are 539 local law enforcement agencies which employ 14,009 certified officers with arrest powers. Value: 539.0 agencies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total index crimes in 1987 The statewide total of index crimes in Georgia in 1987 was 358,842, including 36,273 violent crimes and 322,569 property crimes. Value: 358842.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide stolen property 1987 Total stolen property offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 2,261. Value: 2261.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Motor vehicle theft arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 3,441 motor vehicle theft arrests in 1988, a 28.3% increase from 2,683 in 1987 and an 84.9% increase from 1,861 in 1984. Value: 3441.0 arrests (vs. 2683 1987 motor vehicle theft arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia DUI-related fatal accidents 1988 DUI-related fatal accidents in Georgia in 1988 totaled 426, representing 28.7% of all fatal accidents. Value: 426.0 accidents Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole Board employment and supervision, November 1988 As of November 1988, the Board employed 539 individuals, with 211 of these employees engaged in actual investigation and/or supervision of 10,101 parolees. Value: 539.0 employees (vs. 10101 parolees under supervision) Date: 1988-11-01 Tags: parole,staffing,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] County correctional institutions and inmate population As of November 30, 1988, the 27 county correctional institutions housed 2,924 inmates. Value: 2924.0 inmates Date: 1988-11-30 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: More than half of prison population are non-violent offenders More than half of the prison population are property, DUI, or other non-violent criminals who stay in prison for very short periods of time, typically only a few months. Value: 50.0 percent Tags: demographics,sentencing,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia local law enforcement officers 1988 Georgia's 539 local law enforcement agencies employ 14,009 certified officers with arrest powers. Value: 14009.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total index crimes in 1988 The statewide total of index crimes in Georgia in 1988 was 397,129, including 42,734 violent crimes and 354,395 property crimes. Value: 397129.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide stolen property 1988 Total stolen property offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 3,089. Value: 3089.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Arson arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 315 arson arrests in 1988, a 2.3% increase from 308 in 1987 and a 13.3% increase from 278 in 1984. Value: 315.0 arrests (vs. 308 1987 arson arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Thanksgiving 1988 holiday traffic fatalities In 1988, Thanksgiving was the most costly holiday for traffic deaths in Georgia with a total of 33 fatalities in 102 hours. Value: 33.0 fatalities Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Total state inmates released by Parole Board, FY1988 During Fiscal Year 1988, the Board released a total of 12,398 state inmates from confinement through its actions. Value: 12398.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,releases,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Superior court case processing time reduced by 50% from 1978 to 1987 In the ten-year period from 1978 to 1987, superior court judges were able to reduce the average time required to dispose of a case by 50%. This accomplishment was made despite a 30% increase in the number of cases filed in these courts. Value: 50.0 percent (vs. 30 percent increase in cases filed) Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia municipal police departments count 1988 Presently, 365 municipalities fund police departments which employ 7,233 certified officers. These departments range in size from 1 to 1,405 officers with the majority having 25 or fewer sworn officers. Value: 365.0 departments Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total murders in 1987 The statewide total of murders in Georgia in 1987 was 719. Value: 719.0 murders Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: murder,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide vandalism 1987 Total vandalism offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 50,299. Value: 50299.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia holiday traffic fatality rate 1988 In 1988, one traffic fatality occurred every 4.5 holiday hours in Georgia, compared to one every 5.1 holiday hours in 1987. Value: 4.5 hours per fatality (vs. 5.1 1987) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,traffic Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] State prison inmate population as of November 30, 1988 As of November 30, 1988, there were 15,525 inmates housed in 25 state institutions. Value: 15525.0 inmates Date: 1988-11-30 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Average case processing time fell from 10.6 months to 5.4 months During this period, there has been a marked reduction in the estimated average case processing time (the estimated time from filing to disposition of all types of cases) from 10.6 months to 5.4 months. Value: 5.4 months (vs. 10.6 months in 1978) Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia municipal police officers 1988 Georgia's 365 municipal police departments employ 7,233 certified officers. Value: 7233.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total murders in 1988 The statewide total of murders in Georgia in 1988 was 705. Value: 705.0 murders Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: murder,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide vandalism 1988 Total vandalism offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 60,478. Value: 60478.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Juvenile share of Index crime arrests, 1988 In 1988, juveniles (persons 16 and under) accounted for 8.3% of all Index crime arrests in Georgia, a decrease of 1.6 percentage points from 9.9% in 1984. Value: 8.3 percent (vs. 9.9 1984 juvenile share of Index crime arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI criminal investigations in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Investigative Division conducted 5,331 criminal investigations in 1988. Value: 5331.0 investigations Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] State prison authorized staffing The Department is authorized to employ 5,744 individuals to staff these institutions. Value: 5744.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Case processing time fell from 10.7 months in 1982 to 5.4 months in 1987 The greatest decrease occurred from 1982 through 1987, when case processing time fell from 10.7 months (a slight increase from 1978) to 5.4 months. Improvement in these figures has been especially significant when considered along with a 39% increase in total filings during this five-year period. Value: 5.4 months (vs. 10.7 months in 1982) Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia county sheriffs departments officers 1988 Georgia sheriffs' departments employ 4,802 certified officers authorized to enforce state criminal laws and county ordinances. Value: 4802.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total forcible rapes in 1987 The statewide total of forcible rapes in Georgia in 1987 was 2,879. Value: 2879.0 rapes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: rape,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide weapons violations 1987 Total weapons violations reported in Georgia for 1987 were 5,314. Value: 5314.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Age distribution of Index crime arrests, 1988 In 1988, persons aged 17-21 accounted for 25.7% of Index crime arrests, 22-26 for 20.7%, 27-31 for 17.7%, 32-36 for 11.9%, 37+ for 15.7%, and 0-16 for 8.3%. Value: 25.7 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI assistance-rendered cases in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Investigative Division rendered assistance in 4,041 cases in 1988. Value: 4041.0 cases Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Transition center resident population as of November 30, 1988 As of November 30, 1988, there were 468 residents housed in these centers. Value: 468.0 residents Date: 1988-11-30 Tags: facilities,demographics,reentry Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Felonies filed in superior courts rose 12% in 1986-1987 In a single year, 1986-1987, felonies filed in superior courts rose by 12%. Value: 12.0 percent Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia county police departments count 1988 There are currently 15 county police departments in the State which employ a total of 1,974 certified officers. Value: 15.0 departments Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total forcible rapes in 1988 The statewide total of forcible rapes in Georgia in 1988 was 3,029. Value: 3029.0 rapes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: rape,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide weapons violations 1988 Total weapons violations reported in Georgia for 1988 were 5,915. Value: 5915.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Sex distribution of Index crime arrests, 1988 In 1988, males accounted for 78.3% of all Index crime arrests in Georgia, while females accounted for 21.7%. Value: 78.3 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI arrests in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation made 4,664 arrests in 1988. Value: 4664.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases, 1984 In 1984, the Parole Board granted 5,885 paroles, 443 conditional transfers to detainer, 8 youthful offender conditional releases, and 7 commutations to time served, totaling 8,021 releases by the Board. Value: 5885.0 paroles (vs. 8021 total releases by Board) Date: 1984-01-01 Tags: parole,releases Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Transition center authorized staffing The Department is authorized to employ 133 individuals to staff these centers. Value: 133.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,reentry Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Number of open superior court cases decreased by 37% from 1982 to 1987 The analysis also disclosed that the number of open cases decreased by 37% during the five-year period. Value: 37.0 percent Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia county police officers 1988 Georgia's 15 county police departments employ a total of 1,974 certified officers. Value: 1974.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total robberies in 1987 The statewide total of robberies in Georgia in 1987 was 13,222. Value: 13222.0 robberies Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: robbery,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide narcotic drug laws 1987 Total narcotic drug law offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 16,250. Value: 16250.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: drugs,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Race distribution of Index crime arrests, 1988 In 1988, non-whites accounted for 65.0% of all Index crime arrests in Georgia, while whites accounted for 35.0%. Value: 65.0 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI contraband seized value in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation seized contraband valued at $154,529,216 in 1988. Value: 154529216.0 dollars Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,contraband,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases, 1985 In 1985, the Parole Board granted 6,144 paroles, 249 conditional transfers to detainer, 28 youthful offender conditional releases, 13 commutations to time served, and 3 remissions to probation, totaling 7,206 releases by the Board. Value: 6144.0 paroles (vs. 7206 total releases by Board) Date: 1985-01-01 Tags: parole,releases Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Number of county jails funded for operation in Georgia in 1988 Currently, there are 146 county jails funded for operation in the state's 159 counties. Value: 146.0 jails Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Case backlog fell from 70% in 1982 to 59% in 1987 Percentages of case backlog (criminal cases over four months old and civil cases older than six months) fell from 70% in 1982 to 59% in 1987. Value: 59.0 percent (vs. 70 percent in 1982) Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia campus police agencies count 1988 There are currently 37 campus police agencies within the State which employ a total of 529 certified police officers. Value: 37.0 agencies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total robberies in 1988 The statewide total of robberies in Georgia in 1988 was 15,443. Value: 15443.0 robberies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: robbery,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide narcotic drug laws 1988 Total narcotic drug law offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 21,986. Value: 21986.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Index crime arrest rate by race, 1988 In 1988, the Index crime arrest rate for non-whites in Georgia was 2,497.7 per 100,000 persons, compared to 543.2 per 100,000 for whites — a rate nearly 4.6 times higher. Value: 2497.7 arrests per 100,000 (vs. 543.2 White Index crime arrest rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI stolen property recovered value in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation recovered stolen property valued at $5,052,974 in 1988. Value: 5052974.0 dollars Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases, 1986 In 1986, the Parole Board granted 7,652 paroles, 238 conditional transfers to detainer, 0 youthful offender conditional releases, 2,846 commutations to time served, 2 remissions to probation, and 0 other releases, totaling 9,214 releases by the Board. Value: 7652.0 paroles (vs. 9214 total releases by Board) Date: 1986-01-01 Tags: parole,releases,commutations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Domestic relations case processing time fell by almost 60% Estimated time for processing domestic relations cases, which fell by almost 60%, decreased the most substantially of the three major types of cases handled in superior courts. Value: 60.0 percent Tags: legal,operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia campus police officers 1988 Georgia's 37 campus police agencies employ a total of 529 certified police officers. Value: 529.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total aggravated assaults in 1987 The statewide total of aggravated assaults in Georgia in 1987 was 19,453. Value: 19453.0 assaults Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: assault,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide DUI 1987 Total DUI offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 62,724. Value: 62724.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Index crime arrest rate by sex, 1988 In 1988, the Index crime arrest rate for males in Georgia was 1,788.4 per 100,000 persons, compared to 464.1 per 100,000 for females. Value: 1788.4 arrests per 100,000 (vs. 464.1 Female Index crime arrest rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI forensic sciences cases in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences handled 76,927 cases in 1988 across its laboratories in Atlanta, Savannah, Columbus, Augusta, Moultrie, and Macon. Value: 76927.0 cases Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases, 1987 In 1987, the Parole Board granted 7,611 paroles, 265 conditional transfers to detainer, 2 youthful offender conditional releases, 17 commutations to time served, 7 remissions to probation, 0 supervised reprieves, 1,312 reprieves and conditional commutations, and 0 special releases, totaling 11,024 releases by the Board. Value: 7611.0 paroles (vs. 11024 total releases by Board) Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: parole,releases Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] 21 additional superior court judgeships created by General Assembly 1982-1987 Among the reasons cited for the decline in estimated case processing time are expanded use of computers by courts, more productive procedures for court administration, effective methods of case management, efficient calendaring techniques, and the positive benefit of the 21 additional superior court judgeships created by the General Assembly that became effective from 1982 through 1987. Value: 21.0 judgeships Tags: legal,operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia state authorities and institutions police agencies 1988 There are currently 21 police agencies in Georgia under the state authorities' and institutions' category. These agencies employ a total of 437 certified police officers. Value: 21.0 agencies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total aggravated assaults in 1988 The statewide total of aggravated assaults in Georgia in 1988 was 23,557. Value: 23557.0 assaults Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: assault,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide DUI 1988 Total DUI offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 66,033. Value: 66033.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total Index crime arrest rate, 1988 The total Index crime arrest rate in Georgia in 1988 was 1,086.8 per 100,000 persons. Value: 1086.8 arrests per 100,000 Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI drug identification cases in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences processed 30,019 drug identification cases in 1988. Value: 30019.0 cases Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases, 1988 In 1988, the Parole Board granted 6,968 paroles, 243 conditional transfers to detainer, 0 youthful offender conditional releases, 3,901 commutations to time served, 2 remissions to probation, 0 supervised reprieves, 239 reprieves and conditional commutations, and 0 special releases, totaling 11,353 releases by the Board. Value: 6968.0 paroles (vs. 11353 total releases by Board) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,releases,commutations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia Diagnostic Classification Center population in 1988 Those prisons with the greatest population include the Georgia Diagnostic Classification Center (GDCC) at Jackson (1,817). Value: 1817.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia state authorities and institutions police officers 1988 Georgia's 21 state authorities' and institutions' police agencies employ a total of 437 certified police officers. Value: 437.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total burglaries in 1987 The statewide total of burglaries in Georgia in 1987 was 94,955. Value: 94955.0 burglaries Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: burglary,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide liquor law offenses 1987 Total liquor law offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 5,102. Value: 5102.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Violent Index crime arrest rate, 1988 The violent Index crime arrest rate in Georgia in 1988 was 288.8 per 100,000 persons, up from 215.7 in 1984. Value: 288.8 arrests per 100,000 (vs. 215.7 1984 violent Index crime arrest rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Property Index crime arrest rate, 1988 The property Index crime arrest rate in Georgia in 1988 was 800.0 per 100,000 persons, up from 579.8 in 1984. Value: 800.0 arrests per 100,000 (vs. 579.8 1984 property Index crime arrest rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI autopsies performed in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences performed 830 autopsies in 1988. Value: 830.0 autopsies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Returns to prison by Parole Board, 1984 In 1984, the Parole Board returned 1,190 parolees for revocation of parole, 371 for revocation of youthful offender conditional release, and 17 for other revocations/cancellations, totaling 1,578 returns to prison. Value: 1190.0 parole revocations (vs. 1578 total returns to prison) Date: 1984-01-01 Tags: parole,revocation,returns Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia Industrial Institute population in 1988 Those prisons with the greatest population include the Georgia Industrial Institute (GII) at Alto (1,665). Value: 1665.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia other law enforcement agencies count 1988 There are currently 60 such agencies (other law enforcement agencies) which employ 529 certified officers. Value: 60.0 agencies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total burglaries in 1988 The statewide total of burglaries in Georgia in 1988 was 99,711. Value: 99711.0 burglaries Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: burglary,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide liquor law offenses 1988 Total liquor law offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 5,148. Value: 5148.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total Non-Index crime arrests, 1988 Georgia reported 259,679 total Non-Index crime arrests in 1988, a 43.8% increase from 238,238 in 1984. Value: 259679.0 arrests (vs. 238238 1984 Non-Index crime arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GCIC criminal fingerprint cards processed in 1988 The Georgia Crime Information Center processed 274,590 criminal fingerprint cards in 1988. Value: 274590.0 cards Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Returns to prison by Parole Board, 1985 In 1985, the Parole Board returned 1,920 parolees for revocation of parole, 160 for revocation of youthful offender conditional release, and 11 for other revocations/cancellations, totaling 2,091 returns to prison. Value: 1920.0 parole revocations (vs. 2091 total returns to prison) Date: 1985-01-01 Tags: parole,revocation,returns Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Middle Georgia Correctional Institution - Youthful Offender population in 1988 Those prisons with the greatest population include Middle Ga. C.I. Y.O. (985). Value: 985.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia other law enforcement officers 1988 Georgia's 60 other law enforcement agencies employ 529 certified officers. Value: 529.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total larcenies in 1987 The statewide total of larcenies in Georgia in 1987 was 192,755. Value: 192755.0 larcenies Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: larceny,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide public drunkenness 1987 Total public drunkenness offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 3,830. Value: 3830.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Non-Index crime arrests excluding DUI, 1988 Excluding DUI arrests, Georgia reported 199,597 Non-Index crime arrests in 1988. Value: 199597.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GCIC network transactions in 1988 The Georgia Crime Information Center processed 58,316,269 network transactions in 1988. Value: 58316269.0 transactions Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Returns to prison by Parole Board, 1986 In 1986, the Parole Board returned 2,006 parolees for revocation of parole, 25 for revocation of youthful offender conditional release, 0 for cancellation of supervised reprieve, 71 for cancellation of reprieve and conditional commutation, and 0 for other revocations, totaling 2,102 returns to prison. Value: 2006.0 parole revocations (vs. 2102 total returns to prison) Date: 1986-01-01 Tags: parole,revocation,returns Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia State Prison population in 1988 Those prisons with the greatest population include Georgia State Prison (GSP) at Reidsville (976). Value: 976.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia certified correctional officers 1988 There are an additional 5,049 certified correctional officers who work in institutional settings, 909 certified probation officers, and 301 certified parole officers. Value: 5049.0 correctional officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total larcenies in 1988 The statewide total of larcenies in Georgia in 1988 was 219,367. Value: 219367.0 larcenies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: larceny,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide public drunkenness 1988 Total public drunkenness offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 3,445. Value: 3445.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] DUI arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 60,082 DUI arrests in 1988, down from 82,037 in 1984. Value: 60082.0 arrests (vs. 82037 1984 DUI arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GCIC terminal response time in 1988 The Georgia Crime Information Center average terminal response time was 22 seconds in 1988. Value: 22.0 seconds Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Returns to prison by Parole Board, 1987 In 1987, the Parole Board returned 2,649 parolees for revocation of parole, 2 for revocation of youthful offender conditional release, 51 for cancellation of supervised reprieve, and 0 for other revocations, totaling 2,702 returns to prison. Value: 2649.0 parole revocations (vs. 2702 total returns to prison) Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: parole,revocation,returns Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Middle Georgia Correctional Institution - Rivers population in 1988 Those prisons with the greatest population include the Middle Georgia Correctional Institute - Rivers (950). Value: 950.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia certified probation officers 1988 There are 909 certified probation officers in Georgia. Value: 909.0 probation officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total motor vehicle thefts in 1987 The statewide total of motor vehicle thefts in Georgia in 1987 was 33,785. Value: 33785.0 thefts Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: motor vehicle theft,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide public disturbance 1988 Total public disturbance offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 34,088. Weapons Violation, Public Disturbance and Curfew were reported as Other Offense during 1987. Value: 34088.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Narcotic drug law arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 32,497 narcotic drug law arrests in 1988, a 67.8% increase from 19,366 in 1984. Value: 32497.0 arrests (vs. 19366 1984 narcotic drug law arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GCIC fingerprint processing time in 1988 The Georgia Crime Information Center fingerprint processing time averaged 13 days in 1988. Value: 13.0 days Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Returns to prison by Parole Board, 1988 In 1988, the Parole Board returned 2,080 parolees for revocation of parole, 0 for revocation of youthful offender conditional release, 0 for cancellation of supervised reprieve, 0 for cancellation of reprieve and conditional commutation, and 816 for other revocations/cancellations, totaling 2,896 returns to prison. Value: 2080.0 parole revocations (vs. 2896 total returns to prison) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,revocation,returns Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia certified parole officers 1988 There are 301 certified parole officers in Georgia. Value: 301.0 parole officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,parole Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total motor vehicle thefts in 1988 The statewide total of motor vehicle thefts in Georgia in 1988 was 34,071. Value: 34071.0 thefts Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: motor vehicle theft,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other offenses 1987 Total other offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 94,986. Weapons Violation, Public Disturbance and Curfew were reported as Other Offense during 1987. Value: 94986.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Cocaine arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 13,093 cocaine arrests in 1988, a 618.6% increase from 1,822 in 1984. Value: 13093.0 arrests (vs. 1822 1984 cocaine arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court judges in 1988 As of 1988, there were 137 superior court judges serving in 45 circuits divided into ten administrative districts in Georgia. Value: 137.0 judges Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole case denials, 1984-1988 Parole case denials were 2,652 in 1984, 3,588 in 1985, 3,879 in 1986, 3,032 in 1987, and 1,170 in 1988. Value: 1170.0 denials (vs. 2652 1984 denials) Tags: parole,denials Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Index crimes reported 1988 In 1988, 397,129 Index offenses were reported by Georgia law enforcement agencies. Value: 397129.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total arsons in 1987 The statewide total of arsons in Georgia in 1987 was 1,074. Value: 1074.0 arsons Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: arson,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other offenses 1988 Total other offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 69,021. Value: 69021.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide family offenses 1987 Total family offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 4,372. Value: 4372.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Marijuana arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 10,348 marijuana arrests in 1988, a 2.3% increase from 10,113 in 1984. Value: 10348.0 arrests (vs. 10113 1984 marijuana arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia juvenile court judges in 1988 As of July 1, 1988, there were 11 full-time juvenile court judges and 40 part-time judges serving Georgia's 62 counties having separate juvenile courts. Value: 51.0 judges Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,juvenile Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Discharges from parole, 1984-1988 Discharges from parole were 281 in 1984, 100 in 1985, 0 in 1986, 0 in 1987, and 0 in 1988. Value: 281.0 discharges Tags: parole,discharges Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] More than 4,000 sentenced state inmates backed up in county jails at time of emergency release order More than four thousand sentenced state inmates were backed up in county jails, and the state was faced with the threat of a federal court suit against the entire prison system. Value: 4000.0 inmates Date: 1989-03-07 Tags: overcrowding,jails,transfers Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Non-Index crimes reported 1988 In 1988, 367,991 Non-Index offenses were reported by Georgia law enforcement agencies. Value: 367991.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total arsons in 1988 The statewide total of arsons in Georgia in 1988 was 1,246. Value: 1246.0 arsons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arson,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total violent crimes in 1987 The statewide total of violent crimes in Georgia in 1987 was 36,273. Value: 36273.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: violent crime,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide family offenses 1988 Total family offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 5,554. Value: 5554.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Narcotic equipment arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 841 narcotic equipment arrests in 1988, a 200.4% increase from 280 in 1984. Value: 841.0 arrests (vs. 280 1984 narcotic equipment arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia magistrate court judges in 1988 As of July 1, 1988, there were 159 chief magistrates and 267 magistrates in Georgia; 36 also served probate, juvenile, civil or municipal courts. Value: 426.0 magistrates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Restoration of civil and political rights, 1984-1988 Restorations of civil and political rights upon discharge from parole were 1,734 in 1984, 1,936 in 1985, 1,409 in 1986, 1,496 in 1987, and 1,496 in 1988. Restorations upon application were 1,295 in 1984, 1,506 in 1985, 999 in 1986, 711 in 1987, and 785 in 1988. Value: 1496.0 restorations upon discharge (vs. 785 restorations upon application (1988)) Tags: parole,civil_rights,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Index crime increase 1988 While Index offenses have increased in each of the last four years, the largest percentage increase (10.7%) occurred in 1988 when reported offenses jumped by 38,287 over 1987. Value: 38287.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total violent crimes in 1988 The statewide total of violent crimes in Georgia in 1988 was 42,734. Value: 42734.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violent crime,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide gambling offenses 1987 Total gambling offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 282. Value: 282.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia state court judges in 1988 As of July 1, 1988, 63 state courts operated in 62 Georgia counties. Of the 86 judges presiding, 36 were full-time state court judges, 2 were full-time associate judges, and 48 served part time. Value: 86.0 judges Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Pardons issued, 1984-1988 Pardons issued were 129 in 1984, 127 in 1985, 103 in 1986, 108 in 1987, and 161 in 1988. Value: 161.0 pardons (vs. 129 1984 pardons) Tags: parole,pardons Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Non-Index crime increase 1988 The 1988 total of 367,991 reported Non-Index offenses is the highest of the five year period showing a 14.0% increase over 1987. Value: 14.0 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total property crimes in 1987 The statewide total of property crimes in Georgia in 1987 was 322,569. Value: 322569.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: property crime,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide gambling offenses 1988 Total gambling offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 181. Value: 181.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Heroin arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 82 heroin arrests in 1988, a 22.0% increase from 59 in 1984. Value: 82.0 arrests (vs. 59 1984 heroin arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia probate court judges in 1988 There were 159 probate judges in Georgia, each serving a single county. Value: 159.0 judges Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Medical or compassionate reprieves, 1984-1988 Medical or compassionate reprieves were 243 in 1984, 357 in 1985, 527 in 1986, 314 in 1987, and 308 in 1988. Value: 308.0 reprieves (vs. 243 1984 reprieves) Tags: parole,medical,reprieves Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] One execution took place in Georgia in 1988 One execution took place in 1988. Value: 1.0 execution Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] 67 new parole officers hired in spring 1989 To supervise these additional parolees, the Board received funds to employ 67 new parole officers plus other staff during the spring of 1989. Value: 67.0 parole officers Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: parole,staffing,budget Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Index crime arrests 1988 In 1988, law enforcement agencies reported 67,002 arrests for Index offenses. Value: 67002.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide total property crimes in 1988 The statewide total of property crimes in Georgia in 1988 was 354,395. Value: 354395.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: property crime,crime,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide vagrancy 1987 Total vagrancy offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 74. Value: 74.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Hallucinogen arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 72 hallucinogen arrests in 1988, a 22.0% increase from 59 in 1984. Value: 72.0 arrests (vs. 59 1984 hallucinogen arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia Court of Appeals judges in 1988 The Georgia Court of Appeals was composed of nine judges divided into three panels of three judges each. Value: 9.0 judges Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commutation reducing sentence without release, 1984-1988 Commutations reducing sentence without resulting in release were 4 in 1984, 10 in 1985, 1 in 1986, 5 in 1987, and 0 in 1988. Value: 4.0 commutations Tags: parole,commutations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] 72 more parole officers funded for Fiscal Year 1990 The Board received funds to employ 72 more parole officers and more support staff during Fiscal Year 1990. Value: 72.0 parole officers Date: 1990-01-01 Tags: parole,staffing,budget Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Non-Index crime arrests 1988 In 1988, law enforcement agencies reported 259,679 arrests for Non-Index offenses. Value: 259679.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide vagrancy 1988 Total vagrancy offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 43. Value: 43.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Amphetamine arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 62 amphetamine arrests in 1988, a 51.9% decrease from 129 in 1984. Value: 62.0 arrests (vs. 129 1984 amphetamine arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia Supreme Court justices in 1988 The Supreme Court of Georgia had seven justices, who elected one of their number to be the Chief Justice. Value: 7.0 justices Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Death sentence commutations, 1984-1988 Death sentence commutations granted were 1 in 1984, 1 in 1985, 0 in 1986, 0 in 1987, and 0 in 1988. Death sentence commutations denied were 1 in 1984, 2 in 1985, 1 in 1986, 1 in 1987, and 0 in 1988. Value: 1.0 commutations granted Tags: parole,death_penalty,commutations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Index crime arrest increase 1988 Arrests for Index offenses have increased each year during the five year period. The largest percentage increase (19.3%) occurred in 1988 when reported arrests rose by 10,852. Value: 10852.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide runaway offenses 1987 Total runaway offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 4,862. Value: 4862.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Barbiturate arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 9 barbiturate arrests in 1988, an 85.7% decrease from 63 in 1984. Value: 9.0 arrests (vs. 63 1984 barbiturate arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court total filings CY 1987 Total superior court filings in Georgia for calendar year 1987 were 71,463 criminal and 45,455 civil, for a combined total of 116,918 filings. Value: 116918.0 filings Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole Board hearings and interviews, 1984-1988 Visitor interviews in central office were 2,489 in 1984, 2,392 in 1985, 2,100 in 1986, 2,354 in 1987, and 2,158 in 1988. Inmate interviews at institutions were 262 in 1984, 1,866 in 1985, 400 in 1986, 253 in 1987, and 253 in 1988. Preliminary revocation hearings were 485 in 1984, 526 in 1985, 395 in 1986, 431 in 1987, and 373 in 1988. Final revocation hearings were 381 in 1984, 108 in 1985, 194 in 1986, 289 in 1987, and 267 in 1988. Value: 2158.0 visitor interviews (vs. 2489 1984 visitor interviews) Tags: parole,hearings,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] White male inmates in 1988 White male inmates totaled 6,468 in 1988, representing 34.3% of the total inmate population. Value: 6468.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Non-Index crime arrest increase 1988 Arrests for Non-Index offenses remained fairly constant until 1988 when the total jumped by 25,861 (11.1%) over 1987. Value: 25861.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide runaway offenses 1988 Total runaway offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 6,568. Value: 6568.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Synthetic narcotic arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 39 synthetic narcotic arrests in 1988, a 56.0% increase from 25 in 1984. Value: 39.0 arrests (vs. 25 1984 synthetic narcotic arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court total dispositions CY 1987 Total superior court dispositions in Georgia for calendar year 1987 were 68,643 criminal and 43,037 civil, for a combined total of 111,680 dispositions. Value: 111680.0 dispositions Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Total Parole Board activity, 1984-1988 Total Board activity was 19,111 in 1984, 18,054 in 1985, 18,860 in 1986, 17,940 in 1987, and 19,479 in 1988. Value: 19479.0 actions (vs. 19111 1984 total activity) Tags: parole,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Non-white male inmates in 1988 Non-white male inmates totaled 11,444 in 1988, representing 60.6% of the total inmate population. Value: 11444.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murders reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 705 murders to law enforcement agencies. Value: 705.0 murders Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide curfew/loitering 1987 Total curfew/loitering offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 680. Weapons Violation, Public Disturbance and Curfew were reported as Other Offense during 1987. Value: 680.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Opium arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 39 opium arrests in 1988, a 56.0% increase from 25 in 1984. Value: 39.0 arrests (vs. 25 1984 opium arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court average filings per judge CY 1987 The average superior court caseload per judge in Georgia for calendar year 1987 was 522 criminal filings and 332 civil filings, based on 137 superior court judges. Value: 854.0 filings per judge Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Total inmates at end of reporting period, 1984-1988 Total inmates at end of reporting period were 28,710 in 1984, 21,351 in 1985, 30,176 in 1986, 31,666 in 1987, and 33,728 in 1988. Value: 33728.0 inmates (vs. 28710 1984 total inmates) Tags: parole,population,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] White female inmates in 1988 White female inmates totaled 347 in 1988, representing 1.8% of the total inmate population. Value: 347.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia forcible rapes reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 3,029 forcible rapes to law enforcement agencies. Value: 3029.0 rapes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide curfew/loitering 1988 Total curfew/loitering offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 0. Value: 0.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Free text drug arrests in Georgia, 1988 Georgia reported 7,912 'free text' drug arrests in 1988 (other violations of state and local drug laws not classifiable in categories 1-9), an 18.4% increase from 6,680 in 1984. Value: 7912.0 arrests (vs. 6680 1984 free text drug arrests) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court felony filings CY 1987 Georgia superior courts recorded 25,994 felony filings in calendar year 1987. Value: 25994.0 filings Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,felony Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole Board releases under supervision, 1984-1988 Total Parole Board releases under supervision at end of reporting period were 6,503 in 1984, 6,738 in 1985, 9,582 in 1986, 10,917 in 1987, and 10,358 in 1988. Youth offenders under supervision were 793 in 1984, 478 in 1985, 218 in 1986, 94 in 1987, and 0 in 1988. Value: 10358.0 releases under supervision (vs. 6503 1984 releases under supervision) Tags: parole,supervision,youth Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Non-white female inmates in 1988 Non-white female inmates totaled 611 in 1988, representing 3.2% of the total inmate population. Value: 611.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] 64% of DUI first offenders found to be problem drinkers Results of the research indicated that 64%, or more than six of every ten DUI first offenders were found to be 'problem' rather than social drinkers. Value: 64.0 percent Tags: DUI,substance_abuse,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia robberies reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 15,443 robberies to law enforcement agencies. Value: 15443.0 robberies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide prostitution/commercial vice 1987 Total prostitution/commercial vice offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 1,041. Value: 1041.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total Index crime clearances, 1988 Georgia reported 81,673 Index crime clearances in 1988, up from 53,619 in 1984. Value: 81673.0 clearances (vs. 53619 1984 Index crime clearances) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia superior court misdemeanor filings CY 1987 Georgia superior courts recorded 25,606 misdemeanor filings in calendar year 1987. Value: 25606.0 filings Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,misdemeanor Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Cases reviewed under parole guidelines, 1984-1988 Cases reviewed under parole guidelines were 10,062 in 1984, 7,399 in 1985, 8,463 in 1986, 7,615 in 1987, and 10,293 in 1988. Value: 10293.0 cases (vs. 10062 1984 cases reviewed) Tags: parole,guidelines,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Male inmates aged 00-21 in 1988 There were 1,839 male inmates aged 00-21 in 1988. Value: 1839.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Eight DUI pilot programs achieved financial self-sufficiency after 24 months After 24 months of the pilot project, eight different programs had achieved financial self sufficiency and were operating on offender fees alone. Value: 8.0 programs Tags: DUI,policy,budget,programs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia aggravated assaults reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 23,557 aggravated assaults to law enforcement agencies. Value: 23557.0 aggravated assaults Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide prostitution/commercial vice 1988 Total prostitution/commercial vice offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 573. Value: 573.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Index crime clearance rate, 1988 The overall Index crime clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 20.6%, down from 30.9% in 1985. Value: 20.6 percent (vs. 30.9 1985 Index crime clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Lifers considered and granted parole, 1984-1988 Lifers considered for parole were 955 in 1984, 949 in 1985, 898 in 1986, 689 in 1987, and 565 in 1988. Lifers granted parole were 194 in 1984, 80 in 1985, 111 in 1986, 64 in 1987, and 48 in 1988. Lifers granted parole at first consideration were 24 in 1984, 9 in 1985, 10 in 1986, 7 in 1987, and 12 in 1988. Value: 565.0 lifers considered (vs. 955 1984 lifers considered) Tags: parole,life_sentences,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Male inmates aged 22-39 in 1988 There were 12,966 male inmates aged 22-39 in 1988. Value: 12966.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia burglaries reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 99,711 burglaries to law enforcement agencies. Value: 99711.0 burglaries Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other sex offenses 1987 Total other sex offenses reported in Georgia for 1987 were 1,827. Value: 1827.0 offenses Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Murder clearance rate, 1988 The murder clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 59.0%, down from 64.5% in 1986. Value: 59.0 percent (vs. 64.5 1986 murder clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Male inmates aged 40-54 in 1988 There were 2,609 male inmates aged 40-54 in 1988. Value: 2609.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia larcenies reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 219,367 larcenies to law enforcement agencies. Value: 219367.0 larcenies Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide other sex offenses 1988 Total other sex offenses reported in Georgia for 1988 were 2,793. Value: 2793.0 offenses Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Forcible rape clearance rate, 1988 The forcible rape clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 38.7%, down from a peak of 76.8% in 1985. Value: 38.7 percent (vs. 76.8 1985 forcible rape clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Male inmates aged 55-99 in 1988 There were 498 male inmates aged 55-99 in 1988. Value: 498.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Georgia total 1988 population estimate: 6,252,577 The total 1988 population estimate for Georgia is 6,252,577. Value: 6252577.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia motor vehicle thefts reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 34,071 motor vehicle thefts to law enforcement agencies. Value: 34071.0 motor vehicle thefts Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia state agency non-index crimes 1987 Total non-index crimes reported by Georgia state agencies for 1987 were 7,433. Value: 7433.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Robbery clearance rate, 1988 The robbery clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 31.7%, down from a peak of 80.7% in 1985. Value: 31.7 percent (vs. 80.7 1985 robbery clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Supreme Court criminal case dispositions, 1988 In January-December 1988, the Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed 146 criminal appeals (90%), affirmed with sentence modification in 6 cases (4%), reversed and ordered new trials in 8 cases (5%), and vacated conviction with defendant discharged in 1 case (1%). The vacated case involved violation of a statute which had been repealed when the case was tried. Value: 146.0 affirmed convictions (vs. 161 total criminal appeals) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,appeals Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Female inmates aged 00-21 in 1988 There were 64 female inmates aged 00-21 in 1988. Value: 64.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Fulton County 1988 population estimate: 631,558 Fulton County's 1988 population estimate is 631,558. Value: 631558.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia arsons reported 1988 In 1988, Georgians reported 1,246 arsons to law enforcement agencies. Value: 1246.0 arsons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia state agency non-index crimes 1988 Total non-index crimes reported by Georgia state agencies for 1988 were 13,424. Value: 13424.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Aggravated assault clearance rate, 1988 The aggravated assault clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 42.2%, down from 57.7% in 1984. Value: 42.2 percent (vs. 57.7 1984 aggravated assault clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Supreme Court certiorari petitions from criminal defendants, 1988 In 1988, the Supreme Court of Georgia granted 11 (8%) and denied or dismissed 122 (92%) of 133 petitions for certiorari to review judgments of the Court of Appeals filed by criminal defendants. Value: 11.0 certiorari granted (vs. 122 certiorari denied or dismissed) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,appeals Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Female inmates aged 22-39 in 1988 There were 728 female inmates aged 22-39 in 1988. Value: 728.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] DeKalb County 1988 population estimate: 530,292 DeKalb County's 1988 population estimate is 530,292. Value: 530292.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia larceny percentage of Index crimes 1988 Larcenies accounted for the highest percentage (55.2%) of the total number of Index crimes; burglaries made up the second highest category (25.1%). Value: 55.2 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Camden County law enforcement employee rate 1988 Camden County topped the rankings with 760 law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons, well above the state average of 206. Value: 760.0 employees per 100,000 persons (vs. 206 state average) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Burglary clearance rate, 1988 The burglary clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 15.2%, up slightly from 14.0% in 1984. Value: 15.2 percent (vs. 14.0 1984 burglary clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Supreme Court habeas corpus probable cause applications, 1988 In 1988, the Supreme Court of Georgia granted 13 (8%) and denied or dismissed 147 (92%) of 160 applications for certificate of probable cause to review denial of habeas corpus filed by criminal defendants. Value: 13.0 habeas applications granted (vs. 147 habeas applications denied or dismissed) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,habeas_corpus Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Female inmates aged 40-54 in 1988 There were 139 female inmates aged 40-54 in 1988. Value: 139.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Cobb County 1988 population estimate: 359,796 Cobb County's 1988 population estimate is 359,796. Value: 359796.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia violent crime percentage of Index crimes 1988 Overall, 10.8 percent of the Index crimes were violent crimes committed against persons; 89.2 percent were property offenses. Value: 10.8 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide law enforcement employee rate 1988 The state average for law enforcement employees was 206 per 100,000 persons in 1988. Value: 206.0 employees per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Larceny/theft clearance rate, 1988 The larceny/theft clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 19.8%, up from 18.3% in 1984. Value: 19.8 percent (vs. 18.3 1984 larceny/theft clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Female inmates aged 55-99 in 1988 There were 27 female inmates aged 55-99 in 1988. Value: 27.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Gwinnett County 1988 population estimate: 270,305 Gwinnett County's 1988 population estimate is 270,305. Value: 270305.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia violent crime rate 1988 Based on the 1988 population estimate for Georgia of 6,252,571, 683.5 violent crimes were reported for each 100,000 persons. Value: 683.5 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia certified law enforcement officers 1988 Data on file at the Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council reflects the employment of 17,196 certified officers by Georgia law enforcement agencies. Value: 17196.0 certified officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Motor vehicle theft clearance rate, 1988 The motor vehicle theft clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 189.2%, indicating more clearances than reported incidents (likely due to clearances of prior-year offenses). Value: 189.2 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Violent personal crime inmates in 1988 In 1988, 8,583 inmates (45.5%) were incarcerated for violent personal crimes. Value: 8583.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Chatham County 1988 population estimate: 217,550 Chatham County's 1988 population estimate is 217,550. Value: 217550.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia property crime rate 1988 Based on the 1988 population estimate for Georgia of 6,252,571, 5,668.0 property crimes were reported for each 100,000 persons. Value: 5668.0 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Fulton County non-index crimes 1987 Fulton County reported 63,799 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 63799.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Arson clearance rate, 1988 The arson clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 19.3%, down from 25.1% in 1984. Value: 19.3 percent (vs. 25.1 1984 arson clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] AFIS processing capacity The AFIS system is designed to process 1,600 fingerprint cards and 1,000 final disposition reports per day. Whenever fewer than 1,600 cards are received, cards from GCIC's 1986 backlog will be added to that day's processing workload. Value: 1600.0 fingerprint cards per day (vs. 1000 final disposition reports per day) Tags: operations,technology,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Non-violent personal crime inmates in 1988 In 1988, 20 inmates (0.1%) were incarcerated for non-violent personal crimes. Value: 20.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Richmond County 1988 population estimate: 202,633 Richmond County's 1988 population estimate is 202,633. Value: 202633.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia Index crime rate 1988 Based on the 1988 population estimate for Georgia of 6,252,571, the Index crime rate was 6,351.4 per 100,000 persons. Value: 6351.4 crimes per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Fulton County non-index crimes 1988 Fulton County reported 69,382 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 69382.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Total Non-Index crime clearances, 1988 Georgia reported 182,834 Non-Index crime clearances in 1988, up from 140,627 in 1984. Value: 182834.0 clearances (vs. 140627 1984 Non-Index crime clearances) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GCIC master fingerprint file size The GCIC master fingerprint file now has more than a million criminal cards and all have been converted for AFIS operations and loaded into the AFIS computers and onto optical disks. Value: 1000000.0 criminal fingerprint cards Tags: operations,technology,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Property crime inmates in 1988 In 1988, 5,236 inmates (27.8%) were incarcerated for property crimes. Value: 5236.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Clayton County 1988 population estimate: 183,472 Clayton County's 1988 population estimate is 183,472. Value: 183472.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia property stolen value 1988 In 1988, $405,851,195 in property was reported stolen during the commission of Index crimes. Motor vehicle thefts accounted for the greatest loss ($186,606,249) followed by larceny ($128,626,614), burglary ($83,253,307) and robbery ($7,085,677). Value: 405851195.0 dollars Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] DeKalb County non-index crimes 1987 DeKalb County reported 8,019 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 8019.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Non-Index crime clearance rate, 1988 The overall Non-Index crime clearance rate in Georgia in 1988 was 69.6%, up from 54.9% in 1984. Value: 69.6 percent (vs. 54.9 1984 Non-Index crime clearance rate) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Latent Cognizant File digitized prints The Latent Cognizant File, the database used in matching latent prints from crime scenes, has digitized print images from more than 360,000 of those offenders likely to be involved in future criminal acts. Age and previous criminal record were the principal factors in deciding which were selected. Value: 360000.0 digitized print images Tags: operations,technology,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Drug sales inmates in 1988 In 1988, 1,026 inmates (5.4%) were incarcerated for drug sales. Value: 1026.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Muscogee County 1988 population estimate: 181,346 Muscogee County's 1988 population estimate is 181,346. Value: 181346.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia average property stolen per motor vehicle theft 1988 The average value of property stolen during each motor vehicle theft is $5,477, compared to $835 during each burglary, $586 during each larceny, and $459 during each robbery. Value: 5477.0 dollars Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] DeKalb County non-index crimes 1988 DeKalb County reported 8,253 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 8253.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Drug possession inmates in 1988 In 1988, 1,024 inmates (5.4%) were incarcerated for drug possession. Value: 1024.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Bibb County 1988 population estimate: 159,586 Bibb County's 1988 population estimate is 159,586. Value: 159586.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murder weapon type 1988 In crimes of murder and robbery, firearms are the most frequently used weapon (57.6% and 38.5%, respectively). Value: 57.6 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,death Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Cobb County non-index crimes 1987 Cobb County reported 21,793 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 21793.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Fulton County reported Index crimes, 1988 Fulton County reported 102,206 Index crimes in 1988, the highest of any Georgia county. Value: 102206.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Camden County highest law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons in 1988 Camden County had the highest rate of full-time law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons in Georgia in 1988, at 760 employees per 100,000 persons. Value: 760.0 employees per 100,000 persons Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: law_enforcement,demographics,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] HTV and DUI inmates in 1988 In 1988, 2,068 inmates (11.0%) were incarcerated for HTV & DUI offenses. Value: 2068.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Dougherty County 1988 population estimate: 112,893 Dougherty County's 1988 population estimate is 112,893. Value: 112893.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia forcible rape weapon type 1988 The weapon most used in the crime of forcible rape is hands/fists, etc. (48.6%). Value: 48.6 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Cobb County non-index crimes 1988 Cobb County reported 28,689 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 28689.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] DeKalb County reported Index crimes, 1988 DeKalb County reported 48,946 Index crimes in 1988, the second-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 48946.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Sex offender inmates in 1988 In 1988, 231 inmates (1.2%) were incarcerated as sex offenders. Value: 231.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Houston County 1988 population estimate: 88,556 Houston County's 1988 population estimate is 88,556. Value: 88556.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia aggravated assault weapon type 1988 In the crime of aggravated assault, other dangerous weapons was the most frequent type used (34.0%). Value: 34.0 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Muscogee County non-index crimes 1987 Muscogee County reported 14,706 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 14706.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Cobb County reported Index crimes, 1988 Cobb County reported 25,003 Index crimes in 1988, the third-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 25003.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia total law enforcement employees 1988 The grand total of law enforcement employees in Georgia in 1988 was 12,893, comprising 8,952 sworn officers and 3,290 civilians (with some additional state agency personnel). Value: 12893.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: law_enforcement,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Other crime category inmates in 1988 In 1988, 669 inmates (3.5%) were incarcerated for other crimes. Value: 669.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Hall County 1988 population estimate: 85,903 Hall County's 1988 population estimate is 85,903. Value: 85903.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Muscogee County non-index crimes 1988 Muscogee County reported 14,519 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 14519.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Gwinnett County reported Index crimes, 1988 Gwinnett County reported 16,554 Index crimes in 1988, the fourth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 16554.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia sworn law enforcement officers 1988 The total number of sworn law enforcement officers in Georgia in 1988 was 8,952. Value: 8952.0 officers Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: law_enforcement,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GSP drug seizures, 1988 In 1988, the Georgia State Patrol seized 336 kilos of cocaine, 491 kilos of marijuana, 11 kilos of crack cocaine, and $1,654,555 in contraband cash through its Aggressive Criminal Enforcement program. Value: 336.0 kilos of cocaine (vs. 491 kilos of marijuana) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,contraband,law_enforcement,seizures Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Not reported crime category inmates in 1988 In 1988, 12 inmates (0.1%) had no reported crime category. Value: 12.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,data_gap Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Floyd County 1988 population estimate: 82,641 Floyd County's 1988 population estimate is 82,641. Value: 82641.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Richmond County non-index crimes 1987 Richmond County reported 7,647 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 7647.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Chatham County reported Index crimes, 1988 Chatham County reported 15,596 Index crimes in 1988, the fifth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 15596.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia civilian law enforcement employees 1988 The total number of civilian law enforcement employees in Georgia in 1988 was 3,290. Value: 3290.0 employees Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: law_enforcement,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GSP crack cocaine seizures, 1988 In 1988, the Georgia State Patrol seized 11 kilos of crack cocaine. Value: 11.0 kilos of crack cocaine Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,contraband,law_enforcement,seizures Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Inmates serving life sentences in 1988 In 1988, 2,660 inmates (14.1%) were serving life sentences. Value: 2660.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Cherokee County 1988 population estimate: 79,786 Cherokee County's 1988 population estimate is 79,786. Value: 79786.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Richmond County non-index crimes 1988 Richmond County reported 9,354 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 9354.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Richmond County reported Index crimes, 1988 Richmond County reported 14,374 Index crimes in 1988, the sixth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 14374.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GSP contraband cash seizures, 1988 In 1988, the Georgia State Patrol seized $1,654,555 in contraband cash. Value: 1654555.0 dollars Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,contraband,law_enforcement,seizures Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Inmates on death row in 1988 In 1988, 114 inmates (0.6%) were on death row. Value: 114.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,death,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Dougherty County 1988 population estimate: 78,105 Dougherty County's 1988 population estimate is 78,105. Value: 78105.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Gwinnett County non-index crimes 1987 Gwinnett County reported 12,727 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 12727.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Clayton County reported Index crimes, 1988 Clayton County reported 14,149 Index crimes in 1988, the seventh-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 14149.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Officer assault clearance rate 1988 In 1988, 1,114 of 1,264 reported assaults on Georgia law enforcement officers were cleared. Value: 1114.0 assaults cleared (vs. 1264 total assaults) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Youthful offender inmates in 1988 In 1988, 45 inmates (0.2%) were classified as youthful offenders. Value: 45.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Lowndes County 1988 population estimate: 76,456 Lowndes County's 1988 population estimate is 76,456. Value: 76456.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murder victim-offender relationship 1988 For murder in 1988, victim-offender relationship: Unknown 60.6%, Non-Stranger to Non-Stranger 36.0%, Stranger to Stranger 3.4%. Value: 60.6 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Gwinnett County non-index crimes 1988 Gwinnett County reported 14,217 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 14217.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Bibb County reported Index crimes, 1988 Bibb County reported 12,197 Index crimes in 1988, the eighth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 12197.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Officers with personal injuries from assaults 1988 In 1988, 389 Georgia law enforcement officers sustained personal injuries from assaults, down from a peak of 460 in 1987. Value: 389.0 officers injured (vs. 460 1987) Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Terrorism success rate worldwide, past decade In the past decade, more than 90 percent of all terrorist incidents worldwide have been at least partially successful. This permits the Irans, Syrias and Libyas of this world to wage a low-cost, low-risk form of warfare that is difficult to counter. Value: 90.0 percent Tags: terrorism,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Inmates with sentences of 20.1 years or more in 1988 In 1988, 2,320 inmates (12.3%) were serving sentences of 20.1 years or more. Value: 2320.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Whitfield County 1988 population estimate: 72,152 Whitfield County's 1988 population estimate is 72,152. Value: 72152.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murder place of occurrence 1988 For murder in 1988, place of occurrence: Parks, Public Buildings and Other Places 45.5%, Residence 41.1%, Street, Alley 7.2%, Business Establishment 6.1%. Value: 45.5 percent Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Chatham County non-index crimes 1987 Chatham County reported 3,541 non-index crimes in 1987. Value: 3541.0 crimes Date: 1987-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Muscogee County reported Index crimes, 1988 Muscogee County reported 11,525 Index crimes in 1988, the ninth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 11525.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Firearm assaults on Georgia officers 1988 In 1988, 83 assaults on Georgia law enforcement officers involved firearms. Value: 83.0 assaults Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement,firearms Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Inmates with sentences of 10.1-12 years in 1988 In 1988, 2,096 inmates (11.1%) were serving sentences of 10.1-12 years. Value: 2096.0 inmates Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [estimated] Clarke County 1988 population estimate: 70,939 Clarke County's 1988 population estimate is 70,939. Value: 70939.0 people Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murder arrests 1988 Reported arrests for murder in 1988: 707. Arrest/Crimes Ratio: 1.0. Value: 707.0 arrests Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Chatham County non-index crimes 1988 Chatham County reported 3,588 non-index crimes in 1988. Value: 3588.0 crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Dougherty County reported Index crimes, 1988 Dougherty County reported 9,749 Index crimes in 1988, the tenth-highest of any Georgia county. Value: 9749.0 Index crimes Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Hands, fists or feet assaults on Georgia officers 1988 In 1988, 906 assaults on Georgia law enforcement officers involved hands, fists or feet. Value: 906.0 assaults Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) METHODOLOGY NOTES (26) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Publication date of Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 was published by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation in July 1989. Date: 1989-07-01 Tags: operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Document length of Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 The Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 document consists of 176 PDF pages. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report structure organized by criminal justice system components The Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 publication is organized into four divisions: law enforcement, the courts, corrections, and pardons and paroles. The information is organized in a manner consistent with the movement of an offender through the criminal justice system. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] First offender status does not imply first-time offender Being sentenced under the First Offender Act does not necessarily imply that a probationer is a first-time offender. Any violator may ask to be sentenced under the First Offender Act as one of several options, and occasionally persons with one or more prior convictions will be sentenced under this act. These data should be viewed as only an estimation of the number of first-time violators or first offenders on active probation caseloads. Tags: probation,first_offender,methodology Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Data collection methodology for Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 The report represents the cooperation of many agencies and organizations within state government, as it is a compilation of information from multiple segments of Georgia's criminal justice system. Analyses of data are made solely from data collected from each major component of the system and are confined to that component. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes statements from senior officials The concluding section of Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 contains statements of officials representing each major component, addressing critical topics relevant to Georgia's criminal justice system. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] OCR artifact warning for pre-1990 document Text was extracted with pdftotext from the NCJRS scan; OCR artifacts are possible in pre-1990 documents, so figures should only be recorded where the digits are unambiguous. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] NCJRS document identification number The document is catalogued in the NCJRS system with identification number NCJ 128960. Date: 1991-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report covers 1984-1988 data period The report includes tables and figures covering the five-year period from 1984 through 1988, including reported incidents of crime, arrests, clearances, and institutional populations. Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes county-level crime profiles The report includes county crime profiles for index crimes and non-index crimes for 1987-1988, as well as rankings of counties by number of reported index crimes and index crime rates per 100,000 persons. Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes law enforcement employee data The report includes data on full-time law enforcement employees, officers killed and assaulted, and traffic enforcement including DUI fatalities and holiday traffic tolls. Tags: operations,staffing,death Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes court caseload data The report includes caseload data for Georgia's Superior Courts, State Courts, Probate Courts, Juvenile Courts, Magistrate Courts, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court. Tags: legal,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes corrections and probation data The report includes correctional institution populations by type, inmate population by age, race, sex, most serious crime type, and sentence length, as well as probation population data and first offender status data for 1984-1988. Tags: facilities,demographics,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes parole board activity data The report includes a profile of Parole Board activity for 1984-1988. Tags: parole,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes GBI productivity data The report includes Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) productivity data for 1988. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes drug arrest data The report includes reported drug arrests statewide for 1984-1988. Tags: drugs,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes crimes against children data The report includes reported crimes against children and reported arrests for crimes against children for 1984-1988. Tags: operations,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes metropolitan vs non-metropolitan crime comparisons The report includes comparisons of index crimes and index crime rates between Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Non-Metropolitan Statistical Areas for 1988. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes Georgia, South, and national crime trend comparisons The report includes index crime trends comparing Georgia, the South, and the nation for 1984-1988. Tags: operations,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes crime-population relationship analysis The report includes an analysis of the relationship between crime and population in Georgia for 1984-1988. Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes arrest rate data by age, sex, and race The report includes arrest rates per 100,000 persons by specific age, sex, and race for 1988, and Georgia arrests for index crimes by age group for 1984-1988. Tags: operations,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes clearance rate data The report includes clearance rates for index crimes and non-index crimes for 1984-1988. Tags: operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Report includes DUI fatality data The report includes fatal accidents involving DUI and fatalities involving DUI for 1984-1988, as well as traffic fatalities by month, location, and type for 1987-1988. Tags: death,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Local jail population data collection began mid-1982 The Department of Community Affairs, with the assistance of the computerized reporting capabilities of the Georgia Crime Information Center, has been collecting limited data on local jail populations since mid-1982. Tags: methodology,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GDC changed to new computer system in July 1987 Percentage changes in sentence lengths are due to the Department of Corrections changing to a new computer system in July 1987. The Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) provides more detail on sentences and, as a result, will show an increase in the percentage of longer sentences. Date: 1987-07-01 Tags: methodology,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Administrative Office of the Courts data collection The Administrative Office of the Courts, an arm of the Supreme Court and staff of the Judicial Council of Georgia, collects, processes and maintains caseload information on the principal courts of the state. In 1985, AOC began compiling statistics according to calendar year. Date: 1985-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,methodology Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) TRENDS (42) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Index crime arrests five-year trend, 1984-1988 Total Index crime arrests in Georgia increased 43.8% from 46,602 in 1984 to 67,002 in 1988. Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Officer assault injuries trend 1984-1988 The number of reported personal injuries sustained by Georgia law enforcement personnel during assaults increased from 1984 to 1987 but decreased in 1988. Tags: violence,law_enforcement,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole releases peak in 1987 and 1988 1987 and 1988 are peak years for Parole Board activity. There were 11,024 parole releases in 1987 and 11,353 in 1988, while there were 2,702 returns to prison in 1987 and 2,896 in 1988. Tags: parole,releases,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Pardons peak in 1984 and 1988 1984 and 1988 are peak years for pardons, with 129 and 161 pardons issued respectively. Tags: parole,pardons,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Increase in commutations to time served One noticeable trend is the increase in the number of commutations to time served. A major factor is the increasing inmate population forcing fewer denials of parole and the release of more prisoners. Tags: parole,commutations,overcrowding,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Overall inmate population increase from 1984 to 1988 During that period, the overall inmate population increased from 15,731 to 18,870. Tags: demographics,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: Sex offender numbers steadily increasing The number of sex offenders has steadily increased as a result of changes in the public's awareness of rape and child abuse. Tags: demographics,trend,sex_offenders Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Cocaine surpasses marijuana as most-arrested drug, 1988 In 1988, cocaine-related arrests in Georgia exceeded marijuana arrests for the first time, with 2,745 more cocaine arrests than marijuana arrests. From 1984 to 1987, marijuana had been the most frequently arrested drug. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: drugs,arrests Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Death row population decreased from 117 in 1984 to 114 in 1988 Though the percentages have remained constant, the actual numbers on death row have decreased from 117 in 1984 to 114 in 1988. One execution took place in 1988. Tags: death,demographics,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Fulton County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Fulton County index crimes increased from 96,470 in 1987 to 102,206 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Every Georgia governor for past 22 years encouraged special releases to relieve overcrowding Every Governor of Georgia for the past 22 years has encouraged the State Board of Pardons and Paroles to start special releases to relieve prison and jail overcrowding. Each time the Board has responded positively and each time for the sake of reducing a dangerous and inhumane confinement situation, which could have become very expensive. Tags: parole,overcrowding,policy,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] DeKalb County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 DeKalb County index crimes increased from 45,387 in 1987 to 48,946 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Cobb County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Cobb County index crimes increased from 21,069 in 1987 to 25,003 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Chatham County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Chatham County index crimes increased from 15,629 in 1987 to 15,596 in 1988, a slight decrease. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Clayton County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Clayton County index crimes increased from 11,197 in 1987 to 14,149 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Richmond County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Richmond County index crimes increased from 10,960 in 1987 to 14,374 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Gwinnett County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Gwinnett County index crimes increased from 14,483 in 1987 to 16,554 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Muscogee County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Muscogee County index crimes increased from 9,518 in 1987 to 11,525 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Bibb County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Bibb County index crimes increased from 11,250 in 1987 to 12,197 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Clarke County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Clarke County index crimes increased from 5,542 in 1987 to 6,176 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Dougherty County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Dougherty County index crimes increased from 8,183 in 1987 to 9,749 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Lowndes County index crimes decreased from 1987 to 1988 Lowndes County index crimes decreased from 6,890 in 1987 to 5,222 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Glynn County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Glynn County index crimes increased from 4,194 in 1987 to 5,771 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Houston County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Houston County index crimes increased from 5,239 in 1987 to 5,120 in 1988, a slight decrease. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Hall County index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Hall County index crimes increased from 4,270 in 1987 to 5,279 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Liberty County index crimes decreased from 1987 to 1988 Liberty County index crimes decreased from 2,025 in 1987 to 1,683 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Bibb County non-index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Bibb County non-index crimes increased from 10,332 in 1987 to 13,441 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Chatham County non-index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Chatham County non-index crimes increased from 30,861 in 1987 to 31,422 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Clayton County non-index crimes increased from 1987 to 1988 Clayton County non-index crimes increased from 8,277 in 1987 to 11,476 in 1988. Tags: crime,trend,county Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide index crime rate increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide index crimes increased from 358,842 in 1987 to 397,129 in 1988, an increase of 38,287 crimes. Tags: crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide violent crime increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide violent crimes increased from 36,273 in 1987 to 42,734 in 1988, an increase of 6,461 violent crimes. Tags: violent crime,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia murder trend 1984-1988 Murder and non-negligent manslaughter reported in Georgia: 562 (1984), 603 (1985), 653 (1986), 719 (1987), 705 (1988). Percentage change from 1984 to 1988 in number of reported crimes: 25.4%; in rate per 100,000: 16.5%. Tags: death,violence,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide property crime increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide property crimes increased from 322,569 in 1987 to 354,395 in 1988, an increase of 31,826 property crimes. Tags: property crime,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia forcible rape trend 1984-1988 Forcible rape reported in Georgia: 2,530 (1984), 2,805 (1985), 2,827 (1986), 2,879 (1987), 3,029 (1988). Percentage change from 1984 to 1988 in number of reported crimes: 19.7%; in rate per 100,000: 12.0%. Tags: violence,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide murder rate decreased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide murders decreased from 719 in 1987 to 705 in 1988, a decrease of 14 murders. Tags: murder,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia robbery trend 1984-1988 Robbery reported in Georgia: 8,823 (1984), 10,078 (1985), 13,315 (1986), 13,222 (1987), 15,443 (1988). Percentage change from 1984 to 1988 in number of reported crimes: 75.0%; in rate per 100,000: 64.0%. Tags: violence,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide forcible rape increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide forcible rapes increased from 2,879 in 1987 to 3,029 in 1988, an increase of 150 rapes. Tags: rape,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia aggravated assault trend 1984-1988 Aggravated assault reported in Georgia: 16,253 (1984), 16,734 (1985), 19,098 (1986), 19,453 (1987), 23,557 (1988). Percentage change from 1984 to 1988 in number of reported crimes: 44.9%; in rate per 100,000: 35.8%. Tags: violence,trend Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide robbery increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide robberies increased from 13,222 in 1987 to 15,443 in 1988, an increase of 2,221 robberies. Tags: robbery,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide aggravated assault increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide aggravated assaults increased from 19,453 in 1987 to 23,557 in 1988, an increase of 4,104 assaults. Tags: assault,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide burglary increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide burglaries increased from 94,955 in 1987 to 99,711 in 1988, an increase of 4,756 burglaries. Tags: burglary,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia statewide larceny increased from 1987 to 1988 Georgia statewide larcenies increased from 192,755 in 1987 to 219,367 in 1988, an increase of 26,612 larcenies. Tags: larceny,crime,trend,statewide Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) QUOTES (15) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Governor Joe Frank Harris statement on criminal justice data Governor Joe Frank Harris stated: 'Either directly or indirectly, each of us will at one time or another feel the impact of crime. The challenge presented by this fact requires the participation and cooperation of all components of the criminal justice system working as allies to fulfill the task of protecting the citizens of Georgia.' Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: policy,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Governor Harris on the purpose of criminal justice data Governor Joe Frank Harris stated that criminal justice data 'can be used by the Governor, the General Assembly, local governments, the various components of the criminal justice system and private organizations in making crucial decisions regarding the resources, methods and responses to counter crime.' Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: policy,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: Drugs are the number one problem facing law enforcement Our number one problem today is drugs and it is definitely a war that one agency cannot win. It will take law enforcement as a whole to make any impact in stopping this crime that is ruining our society. Tags: drugs,operations,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: Criminal justice system no longer effective due to early release Today, the criminal justice system is no longer effective. Because the state has run out of prison space, there are now roughly 120,000 individuals in Georgia on probation and about 11,000 on parole. Inmates are spending only a fraction of their sentences in confinement, generally serving one month of incarceration for each year of sentence. Tags: overcrowding,sentencing,parole,probation Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: Early release undermines behavior modification programs With offenders serving only a small portion of their sentences, behavior modification programs have become ineffective. Recent U. S. Justice Department studies confirm that large numbers of inmates who are released early simply return to their home communities and commit new offenses. Georgia's criminals who once feared incarceration, now only consider it a minor inconvenience. Tags: recidivism,sentencing,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: County jails are pre-trial detention facilities not designed for long-term care Our county jails are pre-trial detention facilities. They are not now nor have they ever been designed for long term care. The overcrowding of our county jails is creating a tremendous hardship on the sheriffs in this state and the tax payers at the local level. It is costing local governments millions of dollars in room and board, medical and dental expenses to house state prisoners. Tags: facilities,overcrowding,jails,budget Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: Several riots in local jails since start of year We have already had several riots in local jails since the first of the year and, as overcrowding continues to increase, the threat of riots causing damage, bodily injury and harm to prisoners in our custody and our own personnel becomes even more real. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: violence,jails,overcrowding,conditions Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Sheriff Coursey: Sheriffs facing lawsuits due to overcrowding Because of the serious overcrowding, sheriffs are also being bombarded with law suits. Every day we are concerned about injuries, hygiene, and riots occurring in our jails. Tags: legal,overcrowding,jails,conditions Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: GDC operating facilities over design capacity During the past year, as in preceding years, the Georgia Department of Corrections has been faced with an ever increasing number of offenders. We continue to operate our facilities over design capacity and at the same time the caseload of our Probation offenders continues to grow. Tags: facilities,overcrowding,probation Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: Georgia leads nation in alternatives to incarceration Georgia continues to lead the nation in alternatives to incarceration. Home confinement, intensive supervision, special alternative incarceration, diversion centers, and community services programs augment basic probation supervision. Tags: policy,probation,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: AIDS has frightening implications for prisons And there is AIDS, a plague of medieval proportions with its frightening implications for society in general and prisons in particular. Tags: medical,conditions,health Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Attorney General Bowers on prison space as driver of criminal justice The engine driving the criminal justice system today is space in the prison system. Because we have not built adequately to meet increasing demands we are unable to confine as many as should be confined for as long as needed. Punishment, in reality, is based on how badly the space is needed for the next felon in the pipeline rather than on a judge's conscious decision of what punishment is appropriate for the offense committed. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: overcrowding,policy,conditions Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Attorney General Bowers on cycle of overcrowding We must break that cycle of overcrowding the prisons, seeking short term solutions to reduce the inmate population, then overfilling the prisons again. We must commit the money to build adequate prison space, and we must do it for the long term. Appropriations for new prisons by the General Assembly in its 1989 session are a significant step forward. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: overcrowding,policy,budget Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Chief Justice Marshall on indigent defense funding What is not in a proper order is our system (or our non-system) of indigent defense. Year after year, the General Assembly has refused to provide any funding, casting the burden upon counties, many of whom are sorely strapped for funds. The result of that is that the quality of justice is diminished, and that the final validity of criminal convictions are placed in doubt. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,indigent_defense,policy,budget Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Colonel Earp on international terrorism threat Looming on the horizon is another threat; one that all of us in Georgia need to be particularly cognizant of. What is this threat? International terrorism. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: terrorism,law_enforcement,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) FINDINGS (13) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Officer assault injuries during nighttime hours Most injuries sustained by Georgia law enforcement personnel during assaults over the five-year period 1984-1988 occurred between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Inmates serving one month of incarceration per year of sentence Inmates are spending only a fraction of their sentences in confinement, generally serving one month of incarceration for each year of sentence. Tags: sentencing,overcrowding,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Most common weapon in officer assaults In contrast to weapon types most frequently used in aggravated assaults, Georgia law enforcement officers were most frequently assaulted by hands, fists or feet. Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Reported Index crimes vs. Index crime arrests, 1988 In 1988, Georgia reported 397,129 Index crime incidents but only 67,002 Index crime arrests, indicating arrests were made for only a small portion of reported crime incidents. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: arrests,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: DUI offenders now receive prison or community service sentences Persons convicted of driving under the influence now receive prison or community service sentences rather than suspended sentences or fines. Tags: sentencing,policy,DUI Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GDCC primary function is prisoner classification The GDCC is operated primarily for the classification of prisoners to be reassigned to other correctional institutions. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Middle Georgia C.I. - Y.O. no longer houses only youthful offenders Middle Ga. C.I. - Y.O. no longer houses just youthful offenders. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Emergency release program accelerated parole dates for already-approved inmates Many of those being released under the Governor's Emergency Release Program had already been approved for parole during the last half of 1989 or during 1990. The Board simply made a new decision to release them some months earlier than planned. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: parole,policy,overcrowding Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] DUI pilot programs showed marked reductions in drinking and driving behavior Marked reductions in drinking and driving behavior were exhibited by the pilot program participants. Tags: DUI,substance_abuse,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] McGuire: Increased DUI sanctions led to increased incarceration of traffic offenders Increased sanctions for DUI offenders during the early years of this decade resulted in the increased incarceration of alcohol related traffic offenders and habitual traffic violators. These offenders represent a significant portion of the jail and prison population, requiring the use of detention centers or other alternatives to incarceration for these and other low-security offenders. Tags: DUI,sentencing,overcrowding,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Top five counties by reported Index crimes, 1988 Fulton (102,206), DeKalb (48,946), Cobb (25,003), Gwinnett (16,554), and Chatham (15,596) counties accounted for more than one-half of all Index crimes reported in Georgia in 1988. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Georgia counties with zero law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons in 1988 Multiple Georgia counties reported zero full-time law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons in 1988, including Glascock, Lincoln, Putnam, and Quitman counties, according to the ranking table. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: law_enforcement,demographics,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Officer assaults by type of activity 1988 In 1988, 'attempting other arrests' resulted in the highest number of assaults on Georgia law enforcement officers, while in 1987 the category of 'all others' was reported for most assaults. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: violence,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) LEGAL FACTS (10) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] State Board of Pardons and Paroles established 1943 The State Board of Pardons and Paroles was established in 1943 with its authority established in the Georgia Constitution. The Board is composed of five members appointed by the Governor for seven-year terms, subject to confirmation by the State Senate. Date: 1943-01-01 Tags: parole,legal,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Parole Board constitutional authority The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has constitutional authority to grant paroles, pardons, and reprieves; to commute and remit sentences; and to restore civil and political rights. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,legal,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Document reproduction authorization Permission to reproduce the copyrighted material was granted by the Georgia Office of the Governor to the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Further reproduction outside of the NCJRS system requires permission of the copyright owner. Date: 1991-01-01 Tags: legal,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Youthful Offender Act discontinued The category of youthful offender will continue to decline due to the discontinuation of the Youthful Offender Act. There remain a few inmates still classified as youthful offenders who have not processed out of the system. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,policy,demographics Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI established in 1937 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was created in 1937, with an initial charter authorizing a State Bureau of Identification to maintain fingerprint and criminal history information and employment of criminal investigators to assist local law enforcement. Date: 1937-01-01 Tags: legal,law_enforcement,operations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia judicial system structure The judicial powers of the State of Georgia are vested exclusively in seven classes of courts: magistrate, probate, juvenile, state, superior, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. The Constitution provides that the General Assembly may establish municipal courts with jurisdiction over ordinance violations. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Superior court jurisdiction in Georgia The superior court is Georgia's court of general jurisdiction, having exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases and cases involving divorce, equity, and questions of land title. Each of the state's 159 counties has a superior court. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,felony Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Juvenile court jurisdiction in Georgia Juvenile courts in Georgia have exclusive original jurisdiction in cases involving delinquent children alleged to have committed noncapital offenses, unruly children under age 17, deprived children under age 18, and juvenile traffic offenders under age 16. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,juvenile Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Magistrate courts established by 1983 Constitution The 1983 Constitution of the State of Georgia established magistrate courts to replace justice of the peace courts and small claims courts. A magistrate court exists in each county and serves as a court of limited jurisdiction. Date: 1983-01-01 Tags: legal,courts Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Supreme Court of Georgia jurisdiction The Supreme Court of Georgia is the final court of review in the State and has exclusive appellate jurisdiction in constitutional questions and contests. It has appellate jurisdiction in all habeas corpus cases and all cases in which a sentence of death was imposed or could be imposed. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,death_penalty Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) POLICYS (11) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] Parole Decision Guidelines exclude life sentences and armed robbery Paroles are granted based on Parole Decision Guidelines established to assist the Board in making consistent assessments. Excluded from guideline decisions are life sentences and sentences for armed robbery. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole Board crime severity levels I-VII The Board initially identifies the crime severity level of the individual, ranked from Level I to VII, with VII being the most severe. Those ranked in higher severity categories will serve longer. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Parole success factors considered by Board Parole success factors include age at first commitment, prior convictions (juvenile and adult), prior incarceration since age 17, parole or probation failure, use/possession/attempt to obtain heroin or opiates, whether current offenses involved burglary or forgery, whether fully employed during six months prior to current offense, and other factors. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: parole,policy,drugs Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Commissioner Evans: Electronic surveillance monitoring technology being piloted Electronic surveillance monitoring technology is being piloted and may be yet another effective tool in our arsenal of alternatives. Tags: policy,operations,probation Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Emergency release program targeted specific offense types This time the Governor specified the types of inmates he wanted considered. They are those serving for misdemeanor offenses, damage to property, habitual traffic violator, forgery, theft by taking, motor vehicle theft, burglary and revoked parole and probation when the reasons for revocation were low-level offenses or technical violations. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: parole,policy,sentencing Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Governor Harris called for fast-track construction of several thousand additional bedspaces Governor Harris called for fast-track construction and operating procedures to provide several thousand additional bedspaces within one year. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: facilities,policy,overcrowding Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Governor's Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities to submit recommendations by end of 1989 As a member of the Governor's Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities, I look forward to submitting certain important recommendations to the Governor before the end of 1989. Governor Harris has said he intends to include the Commission's sentencing-reform proposals in his legislative package for the 1990 General Assembly. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: policy,sentencing,legal Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI organizational structure in 1988 The Georgia Bureau of Investigation had four operating divisions in 1988: Investigative Division, Georgia Crime Information Center, Division of Forensic Sciences, and Administrative Division. The Investigative Division was divided into Special Operations, Field Operations (13 regional offices), and Drug Enforcement Section (four Regional Drug Enforcement Offices). Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] GBI forensic science branch laboratories The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences had branch laboratories in Augusta, Columbus, Macon, Moultrie, and Savannah in 1988. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia AFIS implementation planned for FY 1990 During fiscal year 1990, the Georgia Crime Information Center planned to fully implement the Georgia Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), which would permit experts to search single latent fingerprints found at crime scenes against the master fingerprint file. Date: 1990-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement,policy,technology Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] AFIS rapsheet delivery timeline By late 1989, the NEC AFIS computers and GCIC's new Unisys mainframe computer will work together to process incoming cards and send new or updated rapsheets to computer terminals of the agencies that submitted the cards to GCIC. The system has been designed to send rapsheets eight hours after processing of cards begins at GCIC. Rapsheets for non-terminal agencies will be mailed out the next day. Date: 1989-01-01 Tags: operations,technology,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) CASE DETAILS (9) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] Governor Harris ordered emergency releases on March 7, 1989 Governor Joe Frank Harris on March 7, 1989, asked the Parole Board to begin emergency releases. He had no choice. More than four thousand sentenced state inmates were backed up in county jails, and the state was faced with the threat of a federal court suit against the entire prison system. Date: 1989-03-07 Tags: parole,overcrowding,legal,policy Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] Guthrie suit against Georgia State Prison showed expense of prison lawsuits How long drawn out and expensive such lawsuits can be was shown by the Guthrie suit against Georgia State Prison during the last decade. Georgia cannot afford a repeat of that. Tags: legal,conditions,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Georgia law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty in 1988 - named officers Four Georgia law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty in 1988: Gregory L. Davis (Atlanta Bureau of Police Services, shot by a suspect while answering a prowling call), Herbert Lee Evans Jr. (Augusta Police Department, accidentally shot by a fellow officer), Robert M. (Bob) Kirk (Georgia Bureau of Investigation, shot with a handgun while attempting to question a suspect), and Doreen E. McCumbers (Chatham County Police Department, struck by a vehicle while directing traffic). Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: death,law_enforcement,violence Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GBI AFIS system operational since January 1988 Since January 1988, the GBI and its Crime Information Center (GCIC) have seen five years of planning and research payoff with the installation of the multi-million dollar Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,technology,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] AFIS first major case success - Cartersville murder On February 15, 1989, AFIS processing of a partial latent print found at a murder scene in Cartersville led to the identification of the Bartow County man who was charged with the murder of Mrs. Allie Roper, Governor Harris' aunt. Until that date, all sixty matches of latent prints where no suspect identification data were available beforehand involved armed robbery or burglary cases. Date: 1989-02-15 Tags: investigations,technology,murder Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GSP troopers deployed to Forsyth County Freedom March In January 1988, the Georgia State Patrol contributed 350 Troopers to the security detail for the so-called 'Freedom Marchers' in Forsyth County. The combination of GBI agents, Department of Natural Resources Rangers, Forsyth County Sheriffs Deputies and Georgia State Troopers insured that the peace was kept intact. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] GSP troopers deployed to Democratic National Convention The security details for the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta required the presence of 420 Troopers for more than two weeks in July 1988. When the convention concluded, the tally of man hours expended by the Department of Public Safety totalled 72,657. Date: 1988-07-01 Tags: operations,law_enforcement Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] New Jersey State Trooper discovers Japanese terrorist with bomb materials In 1988, a New Jersey State Trooper made a routine traffic stop and discovered a Japanese terrorist, with materials for a bomb in his trunk, bound for Fort Dix, New Jersey. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: terrorism,law_enforcement,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [reported] March 1989 San Diego bombing of USS Vincennes captain's car The March 1989 bombing in San Diego of the car belonging to the captain of the Vincennes, the U.S. warship responsible for downing the Iranian airliner in the Persian Gulf in the summer of 1988, was a bold move that illustrates the viability of the terrorist threat. Date: 1989-03-01 Tags: terrorism,investigations Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) DATA GAPS (2) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Local jail population data difficult to maintain due to no central repository Statistical data on inmate populations at the local level (i.e., county and city jails) are extremely difficult to maintain, since there is no central repository. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: data_gap,facilities Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) - [confirmed] Court caseload data limitations With few exceptions, data collected and compiled for Georgia courts reflect only workload factors and do not readily allow qualitative analysis of the functions of the courts. Court of Appeals caseload data do not provide data on specific criminal appeals. Date: 1988-01-01 Tags: legal,courts,data_gap Sources: Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960) DATASETS (42) ---------------------------------------- # Georgia Reported Incidents of Crime 1984-1988 Annual reported Index and Non-Index crime incidents in Georgia from 1984 to 1988, as reported by the Georgia Crime Information Center. 1986 Non-Index incident total does not include DUI which is unavailable. Year Index Non-Index Total Crimes --------------------------------------- 1984 259253 258645 517898 1985 296304 282549 578853 1986 329144 240003 569147 1987 358842 317771 676613 1988 397129 367991 765120 # Georgia Index Crime Arrests by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported Index crime arrests in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Year Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 574 942 2502 8618 7654 24173 1861 278 46602 1985 621 1000 2687 9254 8570 28281 2140 290 52843 1986 671 975 2964 10033 8961 28038 2517 334 54493 1987 694 978 3058 9799 9223 29407 2683 308 56156 1988 707 1102 3928 12036 10493 34980 3441 315 67002 # Georgia County Index Crime Rates per 100,000 Persons, 1988 Ranking of all Georgia counties by index crime rate per 100,000 persons for 1988, sourced from the Office of Planning and Budget Population Estimates and the Georgia Crime Information Center. County Index Crime Rate per 100,000 Persons ----------------------------------------------------- Fulton 16183.2 Glynn 9786.8 DeKalb 9230 Crisp 9156.8 Dougherty 8635.6 Tattnall 8492.6 Clayton 7711.8 Bibb 7642.9 Dawson 7639.6 Tift 7469.7 Chatham 7168.9 Richmond 7093.6 Cobb 6949.2 Clarke 6946.1 Lowndes 6830.1 Spalding 6713.4 Troup 6411 Muscogee 6355.3 Hall 6145.3 Gwinnett 6124.2 McDuffie 6100.1 Houston 5916 Whitfield 5841.8 Ware 5649.8 Camden 5647.4 Thomas 5539.8 Newton 5444.7 Rockdale 5342.6 Carroll 5235 Ben Hill 4981.3 Sumter 4910.8 Baldwin 4862.7 Bulloch 4772.2 Laurens 4671.7 Floyd 4659.9 Forsyth 4520.4 Coffee 4319.5 Monroe 4222.3 Colquitt 3999.6 Cook 3769.3 Douglas 3732.4 Haralson 3703.8 Gordon 3641.1 Bryan 3622.8 Henry 3619.2 Decatur 3589.7 Lanier 3558.8 Bartow 3513.9 Barrow 3501.7 Stephens 3495.1 Coweta 3455.5 Catoosa 3350.4 Treutlen 3323.7 Irwin 3215.8 Liberty 3176 Paulding 3153.1 Elbert 3063.4 Mitchell 3057.6 Cherokee 2979.2 Walton 2968.3 Chattooga 2955.8 Upson 2946.5 Lamar 2884.2 Jackson 2844.9 Walker 2830 Harris 2785.4 Worth 2711.4 Murray 2692.5 Macon 2661.3 Morgan 2596.4 Columbia 2537.5 Berrien 2533 White 2492 Effingham 2489.8 Fannin 2442.1 Fayette 2437.5 Early 2432.4 Polk 2375.5 Emanuel 2351.9 Burke 2338.3 Lumpkin 2316.8 Grady 2296.5 Oglethorpe 2267.3 Wilkes 2258.9 Jenkins 2218.1 Washington 2184 Franklin 2136.1 Dade 2125 Putnam 2117.8 Terrell 2090.4 Rabun 2043.1 Wayne 2033.3 Pierce 2032 Butts 2010.2 Pulaski 2006.4 Greene 2002.5 Dooly 1996.2 McIntosh 1985.9 Lincoln 1963.2 Dodge 1955.4 Seminole 1909.9 Bleckley 1877.3 Screven 1844.6 Hart 1842.6 Calhoun 1809.3 Lee 1701.5 Turner 1664.1 Gilmer 1653 Charlton 1648.9 Jefferson 1556.8 Taliaferro 1556.8 Brooks 1514.2 Jones 1508.7 Long 1499.4 Peach 1479.2 Brantley 1476.8 Randolph 1468.4 Toombs 1444.4 Telfair 1393.5 Madison 1359.5 Banks 1331.3 Pike 1329.9 Wilkinson 1282.5 Atkinson 1215.2 Schley 1206.8 Heard 1204.2 Taylor 1070.8 Stewart 1062.3 Crawford 978.6 Candler 922.5 Wheeler 907 Union 904.5 Wilcox 851.2 Jasper 836 Pickens 802.8 Clay 733.2 Johnson 721.3 Oconee 718.7 Twiggs 711.3 Webster 651.7 Habersham 635.4 Montgomery 610.8 Evans 599.8 Miller 593 Clinch 492.6 Meriwether 477 Towns 471.9 Marion 469.1 Echols 430.4 Chattahoochee 396.6 Bacon 343.8 Hancock 213.8 Talbot 44.1 Baker 25 Warren 14.6 Glascock 0 Quitman 0 # Georgia Non-Index Crimes by County, 1987-1988 County-level non-index crime totals and offense category breakdowns for 1987 and 1988, as reported in Table 41B of Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988. County Year Non-Index Crimes Other Assaults Forgery/Counterfeit Fraud Embezzlement Stolen Property Vandalism Weapons Violation Prostitution/Comm. Vice Other Sex Offense Narcotic Drug Laws --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cobb 1987 21793 15422 1975 1165 861 61 34 3068 0 1 112 Cobb 1988 28689 24184 3711 1284 1001 68 57 5552 1 21 1444 Coffee 1987 294 Coffee 1988 661 Colquitt 1987 675 Colquitt 1988 800 Columbia 1987 447 Columbia 1988 485 Cook 1987 448 Cook 1988 462 Coweta 1987 544 Coweta 1988 669 Crawford 1987 36 Crawford 1988 53 Crisp 1987 395 Crisp 1988 402 Dade 1987 191 Dade 1988 235 Dawson 1987 49 Dawson 1988 95 Decatur 1987 497 Decatur 1988 684 DeKalb 1987 8019 2572 1945 321 414 143 159 3541 315 398 177 DeKalb 1988 8253 2572 1945 321 414 143 159 3588 315 398 177 Dodge 1987 346 Dodge 1988 400 Dooly 1987 179 Dooly 1988 189 Dougherty 1987 1605 Dougherty 1988 1924 Douglas 1987 1546 Douglas 1988 1675 Early 1987 368 Early 1988 350 Echols 1987 1 Echols 1988 5 Effingham 1987 551 Effingham 1988 889 Elbert 1987 784 Elbert 1988 932 Emanuel 1987 396 Emanuel 1988 428 Evans 1987 132 Evans 1988 118 Fannin 1987 254 Fannin 1988 343 Fayette 1987 1848 Fayette 1988 2216 Floyd 1987 2857 Floyd 1988 3099 Forsyth 1987 1045 Forsyth 1988 1263 Franklin 1987 478 Franklin 1988 611 Fulton 1987 63799 8505 10321 942 2252 339 378 1709 855 436 1655 Fulton 1988 69382 8505 10321 942 2252 339 378 1709 855 436 1655 Gilmer 1987 330 Gilmer 1988 372 Glascock 1987 4 Glascock 1988 1 Glynn 1987 3619 Glynn 1988 5300 Gordon 1987 1386 Gordon 1988 1248 Grady 1987 487 Grady 1988 686 Greene 1987 244 Greene 1988 253 Gwinnett 1987 12727 1545 1981 233 386 598 119 49 671 144 70 Gwinnett 1988 14217 1545 1981 233 386 598 119 49 671 144 70 Habersham 1987 306 Habersham 1988 392 Hall 1987 3745 381 504 221 169 91 78 16 24 127 108 Hall 1988 4026 381 504 221 169 91 78 16 24 127 108 Hancock 1987 201 Hancock 1988 201 Haralson 1987 650 Haralson 1988 748 Harris 1987 323 Harris 1988 323 Hart 1987 46 Hart 1988 46 Heard 1987 173 Heard 1988 347 Henry 1987 829 Henry 1988 1069 Houston 1987 1939 81 125 4353 5733 Houston 1988 1993 81 125 4353 5733 Irwin 1987 159 Irwin 1988 209 Jackson 1987 384 Jackson 1988 447 Jasper 1987 1 Jasper 1988 1 Jeff Davis 1987 214 Jeff Davis 1988 249 Jefferson 1987 274 Jefferson 1988 329 Jenkins 1987 140 Jenkins 1988 140 Johnson 1987 151 Johnson 1988 140 Jones 1987 184 Jones 1988 250 Lamar 1987 436 Lamar 1988 596 Lanier 1987 149 Lanier 1988 93 Laurens 1987 1253 Laurens 1988 1511 Lee 1987 184 Lee 1988 235 Liberty 1987 3007 Liberty 1988 3275 Lincoln 1987 153 Lincoln 1988 152 Long 1987 103 Long 1988 102 Lowndes 1987 6176 Lowndes 1988 4219 Lumpkin 1987 13 Lumpkin 1988 15 McDuffie 1987 198 McDuffie 1988 178 McIntosh 1987 180 McIntosh 1988 153 Macon 1987 321 Macon 1988 402 Madison 1987 162 Madison 1988 149 Marion 1987 106 Marion 1988 71 Meriwether 1987 234 Meriwether 1988 249 Miller 1987 99 Miller 1988 39 Mitchell 1987 720 Mitchell 1988 783 Monroe 1987 976 Monroe 1988 1189 Montgomery 1987 48 Montgomery 1988 95 Morgan 1987 123 Morgan 1988 226 Murray 1987 712 Murray 1988 591 Muscogee 1987 14706 Muscogee 1988 14519 Newton 1987 1438 Newton 1988 1717 Oconee 1987 88 Oconee 1988 91 Oglethorpe 1987 109 Oglethorpe 1988 147 Paulding 1987 939 Paulding 1988 1208 Peach 1987 386 Peach 1988 387 Pickens 1987 114 Pickens 1988 176 Pierce 1987 310 Pierce 1988 320 Pike 1987 169 Pike 1988 136 Polk 1987 713 Polk 1988 734 Pulaski 1987 289 Pulaski 1988 382 Putnam 1987 197 Putnam 1988 233 Quitman 1987 6 Quitman 1988 2 Rabun 1987 255 Rabun 1988 315 Randolph 1987 81 Randolph 1988 137 Richmond 1987 7647 Richmond 1988 9354 Rockdale 1987 3035 Rockdale 1988 3029 Schley 1987 54 Schley 1988 38 Screven 1987 318 Screven 1988 335 Seminole 1987 318 Seminole 1988 342 Spalding 1987 3062 Spalding 1988 3253 Stephens 1987 509 Stephens 1988 586 Stewart 1987 125 Stewart 1988 157 Sumter 1987 1000 Sumter 1988 1886 Talbot 1987 69 Talbot 1988 26 Taliaferro 1987 6 Taliaferro 1988 24 Tattnall 1987 1219 Tattnall 1988 1466 Taylor 1987 416 Taylor 1988 709 Telfair 1987 182 Telfair 1988 181 Terrell 1987 257 Terrell 1988 252 Thomas 1987 4649 Thomas 1988 4939 Tift 1987 2882 Tift 1988 3488 Toombs 1987 518 Toombs 1988 661 Towns 1987 96 Towns 1988 96 Treutlen 1987 128 Treutlen 1988 209 Troup 1987 4353 Troup 1988 5733 Turner 1987 55 Turner 1988 35 Twiggs 1987 55 Twiggs 1988 35 Union 1987 127 Union 1988 96 Upson 1987 525 Upson 1988 717 Walker 1987 27 Walker 1988 27 Walton 1987 1472 Walton 1988 1634 Ware 1987 1920 Ware 1988 2279 Warren 1987 0 Warren 1988 0 Washington 1987 693 Washington 1988 726 Wayne 1987 295 Wayne 1988 424 Webster 1987 0 Webster 1988 0 Wheeler 1987 7 Wheeler 1988 7 White 1987 297 White 1988 334 Whitfield 1987 3972 Whitfield 1988 5055 Wilcox 1987 4 Wilcox 1988 4 Wilkes 1987 269 Wilkes 1988 454 Wilkinson 1987 1 Wilkinson 1988 1 Worth 1987 98 Worth 1988 98 State Agency 1987 7433 42 70 129 136 42 73 13 9 131 30 45 State Agency 1988 13424 42 70 129 136 42 73 13 9 131 30 45 Total 1987 317771 39759 10500 13458 2657 2261 50299 5314 1041 1827 16250 Total 1988 367991 49214 12600 15743 2819 3089 60478 5915 573 2793 21986 # Georgia law enforcement officers killed and assaulted 1984-1988 Annual data on Georgia law enforcement officers killed and assaulted, including type of activity, type of weapon, injury status, assignment type, time of assault, and clearance status. Year Officers Killed Total Assaults Firearm Assaults Knife Assaults Other Dangerous Weapon Assaults Hands Fists Feet Assaults Officers With Personal Injuries Officers Without Personal Injuries Assaults While Alone Assaults While Assisted Daytime Assaults Nighttime Assaults Total Cleared -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 5 1101 77 43 39 919 332 769 479 622 329 772 1051 1985 4 1093 33 40 88 923 327 766 477 616 278 815 1011 1986 6 1112 95 83 40 906 310 802 461 651 286 826 1025 1987 2 1380 107 40 83 1155 460 920 511 869 374 1006 1199 1988 4 1264 83 40 83 906 389 875 453 811 431 833 1114 # Correctional Institution Populations by Type, 1984-1988 Inmate counts by facility type (transition centers, county correctional institutions, state correctional institutions, and other inmates out to court on appeal) taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. Year Transition Centers County Correctional Institutions State Correctional Institutions Other (out to court on appeal) Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 344 2391 12897 44 15731 1985 426 2486 13347 40 16299 1986 469 2579 14293 22 17363 1987 344 2491 14684 106 17625 1988 443 2831 15583 13 18870 # Active probationers on first offender status, 1984-1988 Annual December counts of active probationers on first offender status versus not on first offender status, with totals reported and not reported. Year On First Offender Status On First Offender Status Percent Not on First Offender Status Not on First Offender Status Percent Total Reported Not Reported Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 12544 15.7 67385 84.3 79929 10203 90132 1985 13382 15.4 73718 84.6 87100 13747 100847 1986 14412 16.3 74058 83.7 88470 11919 100389 1987 15897 17 79525 83.3 95422 12188 107610 # Georgia County Population Estimates, 1988 1988 population estimates for all Georgia counties, based on 1990 OPB projections and 1980 U.S. Census figures. OCR artifacts may affect some values. County 1988 Population Estimate ----------------------------------------- Appling 17500 Atkinson 6501 Bacon 10245 Baker 4000 Baldwin 9765 Banks 9765 Barrow 24588 Bartow 45633 Ben Hill 18429 Berrien 14151 Bibb 159586 Bleckley 11133 Brantley 10834 Brooks 16576 Bryan 13732 Bulloch 37383 Burke 21302 Butts 15797 Calhoun 5527 Camden 15122 Candler 8130 Carroll 64222 Catoosa 42194 Charlton 8612 Chatham 217550 Chattahoochee 23196 Chattooga 22302 Cherokee 79786 Clarke 70939 Clay 3819 Clayton 183472 Clinch 6902 Cobb 359796 Coffee 29818 Colquitt 37729 Columbia 57716 Cook 14500 Coweta 44434 Crawford 9810 Crisp 21099 Dade 5550 Dawson 9800 Decatur 28128 DeKalb 530292 Dodge 17746 Dooly 11572 Dougherty 112893 Douglas 78105 Early 14072 Echols 2556 Effingham 22148 Elbert 13623 Emanuel 19917 Evans 9170 Fannin 15369 Fayette 56028 Floyd 82641 Forsyth 36678 Franklin 16392 Fulton 631558 Gilmer 12402 Glascock 2496 Glynn 58967 Gordon 33992 Grady 21452 Greene 12634 Gwinnett 270305 Habersham 27542 Hall 85903 Hancock 10292 Haralson 19639 Harris 18841 Hart 19972 Heard 7474 Henry 50210 Houston 88556 Irwin 9718 Jackson 28041 Jasper 9211 Jeff Davis 12859 Jefferson 19591 Jenkins 9518 Johnson 9289 Jones 20349 Lamar 13296 Lanier 6073 Laurens 40735 Lee 17220 Liberty 52336 Lincoln 7437 Long 5469 Lowndes 76456 Lumpkin 11932 Macon 15269 Madison 20816 Marion 5542 McDuffie 20918 McIntosh 8661 Meriwether 22853 Miller 7589 Mitchell 23275 Monroe 17384 Montgomery 7367 Morgan 13036 Murray 24880 Muscogee 181346 Newton 40333 Oconee 16837 Oglethorpe 9841 Paulding 33092 Peach 21971 Pickens 12830 Pierce 13820 Pike 10753 Polk 33999 Pulaski 9651 Putnam 11906 Quitman 2490 Rabun 11529 Randolph 10556 Richmond 202633 Rockdale 55160 Schley 3729 Screven 15505 Seminole 10472 Spalding 53535 Stephens 22389 Stewart 5742 Sumter 31848 Talbot 6804 Taliaferro 1927 Tattnall 20355 Taylor 8125 Telfair 11769 Terrell 12938 Thomas 41536 Tift 36976 Toombs 25131 Towns 6146 Treutlen 6447 Troup 54048 Turner 10276 Twiggs 10404 Union 10945 Upson 27219 Walker 59149 Walton 37460 Ware 39842 Warren 6840 Washington 20423 Wayne 22906 Webster 2455 Wheeler 5623 White 11468 Whitfield 72152 Wilcox 8224 Wilkes 11732 Wilkinson 11384 Worth 20636 TOTAL 6252577 # Georgia Reported Arrests for Crimes 1984-1988 Annual reported Index and Non-Index crime arrests in Georgia from 1984 to 1988, as reported by the Georgia Crime Information Center. 1986 Non-Index arrest total does not include DUI which is unavailable. Year Index Non-Index Total Arrests --------------------------------------- 1984 46602 238238 284840 1985 52843 226077 278920 1986 54493 171357 225850 1987 56150 233818 289968 1988 67002 259679 326681 # Georgia Reported Index Crimes by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported Index crime incidents in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Year Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 562 2530 8823 16253 69659 142732 17626 1068 259253 1985 603 2805 10078 16734 77809 164143 22868 1264 296304 1986 653 2827 13315 19098 86619 177440 27868 1324 329144 1987 719 2879 13222 19453 94955 192755 33785 1074 358842 1988 705 3029 15443 23557 99711 219367 34071 1246 397129 # Georgia Statewide Index Crime Totals, 1987-1988 Statewide totals of index crimes, violent crimes, property crimes, and subcategories for Georgia in 1987 and 1988. Category 1987 1988 ------------------------------------- Index Crimes 358842 397129 Violent Crimes 36273 42734 Property Crimes 322569 354395 Murder 719 705 Forcible Rape 2879 3029 Robbery 13222 15443 Aggravated Assault 19453 23557 Burglary 94955 99711 Larceny 192755 219367 Motor Vehicle Theft 33785 34071 Arson 1074 1246 # Georgia Full-Time Law Enforcement Employees by County, 1988 Full-time law enforcement employee counts by county for 1988, broken down by sworn officers (male/female) and civilian staff (male/female), as reported in Table 42. County Sworn Male Sworn Female Civilian Male Civilian Female Total Male Total Female Grand Total Rate per 100,000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appling 10 0 0 0 10 0 10 51 Atkinson 5 0 4 1 9 1 9 154 Bacon 14 0 1 0 15 0 15 195 Baker 6 1 0 0 6 1 6 44 Baldwin 83 9 0 1 94 10 94 138 Banks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 345 Barrow 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 Bartow 34 0 4 0 38 0 38 44 Ben Hill 20 0 5 0 25 0 25 138 Berrien 125 11 7 0 132 11 132 157 Bibb 125 11 7 0 132 11 157 10 Bleckley 9 1 0 0 9 1 9 195 Brantley 3 0 0 0 3 0 6 8 Brooks 15 0 1 0 16 0 16 42 Bryan 19 4 0 0 19 4 19 30 Bulloch 51 5 0 0 51 5 55 1 Burke 17 2 0 0 17 2 17 0 Butts 23 2 3 0 26 2 26 0 Calhoun 7 4 0 0 7 4 7 0 Camden 67 24 0 0 76 24 76 760 Candler 7 1 0 0 7 1 7 11 Carroll 69 9 0 0 77 9 77 157 Catoosa 49 10 0 0 61 10 61 190 Charlton 11 0 2 0 13 0 13 197 Chatham 438 93 111 30 468 104 672 309 Chattahoochee 5 0 0 0 5 0 5 39 Chattooga 36 7 0 0 43 7 43 193 Cherokee 32 3 9 0 44 3 44 62 Clarke 114 12 37 0 123 12 163 204 Clay 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 105 Clayton 196 37 50 1 245 38 332 181 Clinch 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 72 Cobb 438 46 104 10 452 56 602 107 Coffee 52 4 7 9 64 13 78 262 Colquitt 39 1 0 0 40 1 40 48 Columbia 79 8 0 0 84 8 84 121 Cook 23 1 0 0 25 1 25 101 Coweta 60 8 0 0 68 8 68 32 Crawford 9 0 0 0 9 0 9 86 Crisp 25 1 0 0 26 1 26 16 Dade 14 0 0 0 14 0 14 33 Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Decatur 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 DeKalb 767 118 66 17 784 135 968 4 Dodge 8 1 0 0 11 1 11 175 Dooly 14 1 0 0 15 1 15 222 Dougherty 252 45 15 1 267 46 267 194 Douglas 22 2 0 0 23 2 23 163 Early 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 156 Echols 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 Effingham 23 1 0 0 27 1 27 0 Elbert 13 0 2 0 15 0 15 14 Emanuel 39 4 0 0 62 4 62 183 Evans 11 0 5 0 16 0 16 12 Fannin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 Fayette 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Floyd 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 339 Forsyth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Franklin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Fulton 767 118 66 17 784 135 1104 0 Gilmer 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 Glascock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Glynn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 Grady 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 Greene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Gwinnett 196 37 50 1 245 38 228 38 Habersham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Hall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hancock 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 158 Haralson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Harris 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 311 Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Henry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Irwin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jasper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jeff Davis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jefferson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jenkins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lamar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lanier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Laurens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liberty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Long 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lowndes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lumpkin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McDuffie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McIntosh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Macon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Madison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Marion 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Meriwether 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miller 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Monroe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montgomery 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Morgan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murray 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Muscogee 252 45 15 1 267 46 339 0 Newton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oconee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oglethorpe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Paulding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peach 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pickens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pierce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pike 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Polk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pulaski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Putnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quitman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rabun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Randolph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Richmond 252 45 15 1 267 46 300 0 Rockdale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Schley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Screven 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seminole 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spalding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stephens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stewart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sumter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Talbot 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taliaferro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tattnall 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Telfair 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Terrell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tift 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toombs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Towns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Treutlen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Troup 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Twiggs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Union 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Upson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Warren 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wayne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Webster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wheeler 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 White 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Whitfield 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilcox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilkes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilkinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Worth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 # Georgia fatal accidents involving DUI 1984-1988 Annual data on total fatal accidents and DUI-related fatal accidents in Georgia, with percentage calculations. Year Total Fatal Accidents DUI Related Fatal Accidents Percent DUI Related ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 1260 452 35.9 1985 1224 369 30.1 1986 1387 478 34.5 1987 1493 429 29.5 1988 1446 426 28.7 # Inmate Population by Race and Sex, 1984-1988 Inmate population counts by race and sex taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. Year White Male Non-White Male White Female Non-White Female Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 6114 8854 292 471 15731 1985 6254 9197 342 506 16299 1986 6569 9847 365 582 17363 1987 6449 10302 310 564 17625 1988 6468 11444 347 611 18870 # First offender probationers by age and sex, December 1988 December 1988 counts of probationers on and not on first offender status, broken down by sex and age group (00-21, 22-39, 40-98, unknown). Sex Age Group On First Offender Status Not on First Offender Status Total --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men 00-21 3134 7394 10528 Men 22-39 7208 46234 53442 Men 40-98 1242 12879 14121 Men Unknown 56 610 666 Women 00-21 334 1178 1512 Women 22-39 563 1971 2534 Women 40-98 81 59 140 Women Unknown 22 80 102 Grand Total All 15897 79525 95422 # Georgia Profile of Reported Index Crimes 1988 Reported Index crimes in Georgia for 1988 by crime type, including percentage of total and rate per 100,000 population. Crime Reported Percent of Total Rate Per 100,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murder 705 0.2 11.3 Rape 3029 0.8 48.4 Robbery 15443 3.9 247 Aggravated Assault 23557 5.9 376.8 Total Violent Crime 42734 10.8 683.5 Burglary 99711 25.1 1594.7 Larceny 219367 55.2 3508.4 Motor Vehicle Theft 34071 8.6 544.9 Arson 1246 0.3 19.9 Total Property Crime 354395 89.2 5668 Total Index Crime 397129 100 6351.4 # Georgia Index Crime Clearances by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported Index crime clearances in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Year Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny/Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 323 1002 2712 9374 9775 26052 4113 268 53619 1985 344 2154 11345 13511 19395 37853 6784 252 91638 1986 421 1178 3677 8581 13442 38549 4643 346 70837 1987 398 1010 3756 7764 13450 40676 5012 253 72319 1988 416 1172 4894 9942 15120 43423 6465 241 81673 # Georgia traffic fatalities involving DUI 1984-1988 Annual data on total traffic fatalities and DUI-related traffic fatalities in Georgia, with percentage calculations. Year Total Fatalities DUI Related Fatalities Percent DUI Related --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 1410 515 36.5 1985 1362 424 31.1 1986 1542 539 35 1987 1604 479 29.9 1988 1660 498 30 # Inmate Population by Most Serious Crime Type, 1984-1988 Inmate population counts by most serious crime type taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. Crime type categories changed over time: 'Alcohol' was added in 1985 (replacing 'Victimless'), 'HTV & DUI' and 'Sex Offender' were added in 1987, and 'Not Reported' was added in 1988. Year Violent Personal Non-violent Personal Property Drug Sales Drug Possession Victimless Alcohol HTV & DUI Sex Offenders Other Not Reported Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 7726 140 5550 647 785 44 15731 1985 8077 173 5554 702 784 839 16299 1986 7931 40 5111 1058 755 894 17363 1987 8583 20 5236 1026 1024 655 1939 111 17625 1988 8583 20 5236 1026 1024 2068 231 669 12 18870 # Profile of Parole Board activity, 1984-1988 Annual Parole Board activity metrics including releases, returns to prison, denials, discharges, restorations, pardons, reprieves, commutations, hearings, interviews, and supervision counts. Data compiled in June for 1984-1986 and calendar year for 1987-1988. Metric 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parole 5885 6144 7652 7611 6968 Conditional Transfer to Detainer 443 249 238 265 243 Youthful Offender Conditional Release 8 28 0 2 0 Commutation to Time Served 7 13 2846 17 3901 Remission to Probation 0 3 2 7 2 Supervised Reprieve 0 0 0 0 0 Reprieve and Conditional Commutation 0 0 0 1312 239 Other Release Action: Special Release 0 0 0 0 0 Total Released by Board 8021 7206 9214 11024 11353 Revocation of Parole 1190 1920 2006 2649 2080 Revocation of Youthful Offender Conditional Release 371 160 25 2 0 Cancellation of Supervised Reprieve 0 0 0 51 0 Cancellation of Reprieve and Conditional Commutation 0 0 71 0 0 Other Revocation and Cancellation: Special Release 17 11 0 0 816 Total Returns to Prison by Board 1578 2091 2102 2702 2896 Parole Case Denied 2652 3588 3879 3032 1170 Discharge from Parole 281 100 0 0 0 Youthful Offender Unconditional Release 0 0 0 0 0 Restoration of Civil and Political Rights Upon Discharge 1734 1936 1409 1496 1496 Restoration of Civil and Political Rights Upon Application 1295 1506 999 711 785 Pardon 129 127 103 108 161 Medical or Compassionate Reprieve 243 357 527 314 308 Commutation Reducing Sentence (without release) 4 10 1 5 0 Death Sentence Commutation Granted 1 1 0 0 0 Death Sentence Commutation Denied 1 2 1 1 0 Visitor Interview in Central Office 2489 2392 2100 2354 2158 Inmate Interview at Institution 262 1866 400 253 253 Preliminary Revocation Hearing 485 526 395 431 373 Final Revocation Hearing 381 108 194 289 267 Other Board Actions Jail Credit 0 0 0 0 0 Total Other Actions by Board 0 0 0 0 0 Total Board Activity 19111 18054 18860 17940 19479 Total Inmates at End of Reporting Period 28710 21351 30176 31666 33728 Parole Board Releases Under Supervision (non-youth) 5304 5799 8079 9902 10358 Youth Offenders Under Supervision 793 478 218 94 0 Total Parole Board Releases Under Supervision 6503 6738 9582 10917 10358 Cases Reviewed Under Parole Guidelines 10062 7399 8463 7615 10293 Lifers Considered for Parole 955 949 898 689 565 Lifers Granted Parole 194 80 111 64 48 Lifers Granted Parole at First Consideration 24 9 10 7 12 # Georgia Murder and Non-Negligent Manslaughter Trend 1984-1988 Five-year trend of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in Georgia, including number reported, percent change from previous year, and rate per 100,000. Year Number Reported Percent Change from Previous Year Rate per 100,000 Rate Percent Change from Previous Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 562 9.7 1985 603 7.3 10.1 4.1 1986 653 8.3 10.8 6.9 1987 719 10.1 11.7 8.3 1988 705 -1.9 11.3 -3.4 # Georgia Index Crime Clearance Rates by Type, 1984-1988 Annual Index crime clearance rates (percent) in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Year Murder Forcible Rape Robbery Aggravated Assault Burglary Larceny/Theft Motor Vehicle Theft Arson Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 57.5 39.6 30.7 57.7 14 18.3 23.3 25.1 20.7 1985 57 76.8 80.7 24.9 23.1 29.7 19.9 30.9 1986 64.5 41.7 27.6 44.9 15.5 21.7 16.7 26.1 21.5 1987 55.4 35.1 28.4 39.9 14.2 21.1 14.8 23.6 20.2 1988 59 38.7 31.7 42.2 15.2 19.8 189.2 19.3 20.6 # Georgia traffic fatalities by month and location 1987-1988 Monthly traffic fatality data for Georgia in 1987 and 1988, broken down by rural/urban location and type (pedestrian, motorcycle, other vehicles). Month Rural 1987 Rural 1988 Urban 1987 Urban 1988 Total 1987 Total 1988 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 92 68 20 16 112 84 February 95 101 25 22 120 123 March 107 95 15 14 122 109 April 101 135 26 12 127 147 May 124 113 19 25 143 138 June 124 112 18 18 142 130 July 104 134 19 11 123 145 August 117 105 12 18 129 123 September 132 94 17 26 149 120 October 100 99 21 23 121 122 November 138 131 23 33 161 164 December 120 129 22 30 142 159 # Inmate Sentence Length in Years, 1984-1988 Inmate population counts by sentence length category taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. A new category of 'Not Reported' began in 1988. The Department of Corrections changed to a new computer system in July 1987, which affected sentence length reporting. Year 0-1 years 1.1-2 years 2.1-3 years 3.1-4 years 4.1-5 years 5.1-6 years 6.1-7 years 7.1-8 years 8.1-9 years 9.1-10 years 10.1-12 years 12.1-15 years 15.1-20 years 20.1-over years Life Death Youthful Offender Not Reported Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 787 852 1214 742 1844 633 564 626 175 1756 567 1161 1354 526 2143 117 670 0 15731 1985 1010 1159 1287 689 1966 590 564 625 152 1792 557 1157 1421 606 2297 114 313 0 16299 1986 1072 1412 1596 822 2201 571 514 600 147 1862 570 1213 1533 671 2387 114 78 0 17363 1987 662 690 1348 935 1626 1121 579 500 622 201 2040 786 1491 2374 2498 103 49 0 17625 1988 785 740 1304 968 1802 1341 741 583 723 208 2096 859 1570 2320 2660 114 45 12 18870 # Georgia Forcible Rape Trend 1984-1988 Five-year trend of forcible rape in Georgia, including number reported, percent change from previous year, and rate per 100,000. Year Number Reported Percent Change from Previous Year Rate per 100,000 Rate Percent Change from Previous Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 2530 43.2 1985 2805 10.9 47.1 9 1986 2827 0.8 46.7 -0.9 1987 2879 1.8 46.8 0.2 1988 3029 5.2 48.4 3.4 # Georgia Drug Arrests by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported drug arrests in Georgia by drug type, 1984-1988. Year Amphetamine Barbiturate Cocaine Hallucinogen Heroin Marijuana Narcotic Equipment Opium Synthetic Narcotic Free Text Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 129 63 1822 59 167 10113 280 25 181 6540 19366 1985 36 22 4195 27 13 6831 59 64 21 25 20778 1986 72 10 10510 359 12 115 7216 50 99 6680 24221 1987 34 2311 50 99 9723 434 5 50 6912 21478 21478 1988 62 9 13093 72 82 10348 841 39 39 7912 32497 # Georgia holiday traffic toll 1987-1988 Holiday traffic accident, injury, and fatality data for Georgia in 1987 and 1988, including holiday hours. Holiday Accidents 1987 Accidents 1988 Injuries 1987 Injuries 1988 Fatalities 1987 Fatalities 1988 Hours 1987 Hours 1988 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Years 2331 1852 731 833 13 11 78 78 Memorial Day 1678 1552 725 940 22 12 78 78 Fourth of July 1915 1696 829 691 24 13 78 78 Labor Day 2160 2314 888 655 17 17 78 102 Thanksgiving 2560 2349 938 738 16 33 102 102 Christmas 2502 1582 691 691 13 22 78 102 # Probation Population by Race and Sex, 1984-1988 Probation population counts by race and sex taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. Data for 1984 is unavailable. Year White Male Non-White Male White Female Non-White Female Not Reported Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 41660 34619 7117 6736 0 90132 1985 45221 39860 8000 7766 0 100847 1986 45197 38673 8354 8165 0 100389 1987 47828 41066 9262 9453 1 107610 1988 47828 41066 9262 9453 1 107610 # Georgia Robbery Trend 1984-1988 Five-year trend of robbery in Georgia, including number reported, percent change from previous year, and rate per 100,000. Year Number Reported Percent Change from Previous Year Rate per 100,000 Rate Percent Change from Previous Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 8823 150.6 1985 10078 14.2 169.2 12.3 1986 13315 32.1 219.9 30 1987 13222 -0.7 214.9 -2.3 1988 15443 16.8 247 15 # Georgia Index Crime Arrests by Age Group, 1984-1988 Annual Index crime arrests in Georgia by age group, 1984-1988. Year 0-16 17-21 22-26 27-31 32-36 37+ Total ------------------------------------------------------ 1984 4614 13485 9884 6838 4428 7353 46602 1985 5128 15127 10852 8030 5273 8433 52843 1986 5340 15111 11316 8692 5511 8523 54493 1987 5050 15446 11809 9232 6045 8568 56150 1988 5549 17218 13856 11868 7998 10513 67002 # GBI Division of Forensic Sciences cases by type 1988 Number of cases processed by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences in 1988, broken down by case type. Case Type Number of Cases ---------------------------------- Pathology 1439 Handwriting 2351 Criminalistics 6520 Serology 3449 Drug ID 30019 Toxicology 10021 Latent Prints 3418 Implied Consent 4685 Non-Lab 4845 # Probation Population by Most Serious Crime Type, 1984-1988 Probation population counts by most serious crime type taken in December of each year from 1984 to 1988. Beginning in 1985, a new crime type 'Alcohol' was added. New crime types 'Habitual Violator/DUI' and 'Sex Offenders' were added in 1987. Year Violent Personal Non-violent Personal Property Drug Sales Drug Possession Alcohol (except DUI) Habitual Violator/DUI Sex Offenders Other Not Reported Total ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1984 9200 16449 32902 2623 10756 22000 90132 1985 9533 11526 34744 2530 11429 14350 10194 100847 1986 7621 15617 29433 2601 8946 19483 10194 100389 1987 9778 5759 38242 2602 14766 310 12260 259 3758 107610 1988 9778 5759 38242 2602 14766 310 24226 1733 10194 107610 # Georgia Aggravated Assault Trend 1984-1988 Five-year trend of aggravated assault in Georgia, including number reported, percent change from previous year, and rate per 100,000. Year Number Reported Percent Change from Previous Year Rate per 100,000 Rate Percent Change from Previous Year -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 16253 277.5 1985 16734 3 280.9 1.3 1986 19098 14.1 315.4 12.3 1987 19453 1.9 316.1 0.2 1988 23557 21.1 376.8 19.2 # Georgia Non-Index Crime Arrests by Age Group, 1984-1988 Annual Non-Index crime arrests in Georgia by age group, 1984-1988. 1986 totals do not include DUI arrests. Year 0-16 17-21 22-26 27-31 32-36 37+ Total ------------------------------------------------------- 1984 4598 43979 53627 44051 31376 60607 238238 1985 3930 39116 52956 44272 30991 54812 226077 1986 5470 33078 41349 34188 22926 34346 171357 1987 5115 40571 53892 48157 32652 53431 233818 1988 5878 46819 57118 52365 36265 55468 253913 # GBI Division of Forensic Sciences cases by laboratory 1988 Number of cases handled by each Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences laboratory in 1988. Laboratory Number of Cases ----------------------------- Atlanta 51154 Savannah 5658 Columbus 5175 Augusta 4352 Moultrie 5490 Macon 5098 # Georgia Index Crime Arrest Rates by Age Group, 1988 Index crime arrest rates per 100,000 persons in Georgia by age group, 1988. Crime Type Total 0-16 17-21 22-26 27-31 32-36 37+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Murder 11.5 1.2 30.6 27.4 20.1 21.3 7 Forcible Rape 17.9 3.5 45 52.8 43 27 6.9 Robbery 63.8 11.5 185.9 202.2 170 92 14.4 Aggravated Assault 195.6 31.5 388.8 466.3 435 344.2 123.3 Total Violent Crime 288.8 47.8 650.3 748.7 668 484.6 151.6 Burglary 170.5 56.5 703.3 456.6 328.4 191.6 34.4 Larceny 568.4 201.2 1769.1 1307.5 1108.2 836.9 228.9 Motor Vehicle Theft 55.9 32.6 223.5 127.3 91.7 56.8 12.9 Arson 5.1 1 9.2 12.4 10.8 8.7 3.4 Total Property Crime 800 291.3 2705.1 1903.8 1539 1094 279.7 Total Index Crime 1086.8 339.1 3355.5 2652.5 2207 1578.6 431.3 # Georgia superior court caseload by circuit CY 1987 Calendar year 1987 superior court caseload data by judicial circuit, including criminal and civil filings and dispositions, and felony/misdemeanor breakdowns. Circuit Criminal Filed Criminal Disposed Civil Filed Civil Disposed Felony Filed Felony Disposed Misdemeanor Filed Misdemeanor Disposed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alapaha 3388 3188 1142 875 2246 2313 1605 1271 Alcovy 2146 2566 961 875 226 594 556 1077 Appalachian 839 782 245 790 1080 1047 485 429 Atlanta 7166 7577 7537 7126 40 40 512 58 Atlantic 1870 1935 858 1177 925 353 314 1372 Augusta 1476 1663 1177 485 429 512 58 62 Blue Ridge 574 560 502 1222 1363 726 1368 1973 Brunswick 1239 1575 1222 1363 726 1368 1973 666 Chattahoochee 1967 1981 1363 726 1368 1973 666 610 Cherokee 1359 1378 726 1368 1973 666 610 1086 Clayton 1604 1368 1368 1973 666 610 1086 911 Cobb 2450 2193 1973 666 610 1086 911 514 Conasauga 1765 1935 666 610 1086 911 514 287 Cordele 1181 1223 610 1086 911 514 287 1575 Coweta 1321 1361 1086 911 514 287 1575 541 Dougherty 913 842 911 514 287 1575 541 1297 Douglas 1227 1384 514 287 1575 541 1297 1169 Dublin 1057 1103 287 1575 541 1297 1169 319 Eastern 1575 1560 1575 541 1297 1169 319 965 Flint 1039 1149 541 1297 1169 319 965 1135 Griffin 2164 1929 1297 1169 319 965 1135 724 Gwinnett 1276 1216 1169 319 965 1135 724 436 Houston 389 380 319 965 1135 724 436 833 Lookout Mountain 3141 3263 965 1135 724 436 833 563 Macon 1270 1316 1135 724 436 833 563 1087 Middle 768 643 724 436 833 563 1087 453 Mountain 820 738 436 833 563 1087 453 871 Northeastern 1731 1946 833 563 1087 453 871 646 Northern 1026 1079 563 1087 453 871 646 432 Ocmulgee 2616 2651 1087 453 871 646 432 285 Oconee 1009 907 453 871 646 432 285 489 Ogeechee 910 957 871 646 432 285 489 528 Pataula 1069 819 646 432 285 489 528 1269 Piedmont 839 786 432 285 489 528 1269 640 Rockdale 803 844 285 489 528 1269 640 3345 Rome 1898 2028 489 528 1269 640 3345 482 South Georgia 630 555 528 1269 640 3345 482 650 Southern 1561 1505 1269 640 3345 482 650 341 Southwestern 1048 1032 640 3345 482 650 341 690 Stone Mountain 3345 3086 3345 482 650 341 690 542 Tallapoosa 1656 1578 482 650 341 690 542 0 Tifton 779 990 650 341 690 542 0 0 Toombs 1145 1217 341 690 542 0 0 0 Waycross 1015 1014 690 542 0 0 0 0 Western 591 649 542 0 0 0 0 0 # Georgia Index Crime Arrest Rates by Sex and Race, 1988 Index crime arrest rates per 100,000 persons in Georgia by sex and race, 1988. Crime Type Male Female White Non-White -------------------------------------------------------- Murder 20.3 5.9 3.6 26 Forcible Rape 36.5 1 1 47.3 Robbery 122.2 16.2 10.9 185.3 Aggravated Assault 330.8 74.4 80.5 490.9 Total Violent Crime 509.8 89.9 109 749.6 Burglary 333.2 22.8 100.6 352.6 Larceny 830.1 339.5 303 1255.9 Motor Vehicle Theft 106.4 10.2 26.7 131.2 Arson 8.9 1.7 3.9 8.4 Total Property Crime 1278.6 374.2 434.2 1748.1 Total Index Crime 1788.4 464.1 543.2 2497.7 # Georgia county law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons 1988 Ranking of Georgia counties by full-time law enforcement employees per 100,000 persons in 1988. County Law Enforcement Employees Per 100,000 Persons -------------------------------------------------------------- Camden 760 Baldwin 345 Rabun 312 Emanuel 311 Chatham 309 Cherokee 309 Glynn 305 Dougherty 300 Henry 297 Walton 286 Lowndes 274 Rockdale 268 Spalding 267 Treutlen 264 Coffee 262 Troup 261 Bryan 255 Tift 252 Ware 251 Lanier 247 Webster 244 Stewart 244 Jasper 239 Richmond 235 Polk 229 Seminole 229 Ben Hill 228 Union 228 Randolph 227 White 227 Cook 222 Pulaski 218 Butts 215 Laurens 211 Pickens 210 Macon 210 Evans 207 Liberty 206 Irwin 206 Whitfield 205 Clarke 204 Berrien 203 Fulton 200 Jackson 200 Calhoun 199 Charlton 197 Bacon 195 Sumter 195 Forsyth 194 Coweta 194 Chattooga 193 Meriwether 193 Stephens 192 Catoosa 190 Bulloch 185 DeKalb 183 Clayton 181 Lamar 181 Grady 177 Franklin 177 Hart 175 Columbia 175 McIntosh 173 Habersham 171 Wilcox 170 Terrell 170 Harris 170 Jefferson 168 Haralson 168 Cobb 167 Gwinnett 167 Monroe 167 Lowndes 165 Worth 165 Crawford 163 Wheeler 160 Pierce 159 Effingham 158 Carroll 157 Crisp 156 Jeff Davis 156 Atkinson 154 Floyd 150 Dooly 147 Jones 143 Tattnall 142 Jenkins 137 Newton 136 Miller 132 Wilkinson 132 Colquitt 127 Twiggs 125 Montgomery 122 Pike 121 Brooks 121 Wayne 118 Dade 117 Hancock 117 Hall 115 Oglethorpe 112 Telfair 110 Marion 108 Schley 107 Gilmer 105 Clay 104 Taliaferro 100 Morgan 99 Toombs 99 Bleckley 99 Lee 98 Taylor 98 Bibb 98 Towns 98 Fannin 98 Gordon 97 Union 91 Burke 89 Muscogee 88 Turner 88 Thomas 87 Screven 84 Brantley 83 Elbert 80 Johnson 75 Clinch 72 Dodge 68 Mitchell 64 McDuffie 62 Cherokee 62 Lumpkin 59 Walker 57 Appling 57 Paulding 57 Murray 52 Fayette 45 Chattahoochee 39 Douglas 38 Houston 15 Oconee 24 Bartow 18 Decatur 14 Early 14 Talbot 12 Candler 11 Madison 10 Barrow 8 Echols 0 Dawson 0 Peach 0 Banks 0 Washington 0 Baker 0 Heard 0 Wilkes 0 Warren 0 Glascock 0 Lincoln 0 Putnam 0 Quitman 0 # Georgia Non-Index Crime Arrests by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported Non-Index crime arrests in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Crime Type 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Assault 16661 18966 19766 19331 23259 Forgery/Counterfeiting 3080 3463 4242 4308 4982 Fraud 19595 25027 25390 23640 23580 Embezzlement 760 1303 1783 2126 2254 Stolen Property 2518 2832 3457 3864 4982 Vandalism 4133 3975 3618 3254 3570 Weapons Violation 1078 5119 Prostitution/Commercial Vice 1562 2000 1547 1072 647 Other Sex Offense 2249 2636 3114 3008 3072 Narcotic Drug Laws 19366 20778 21478 24221 32497 Gambling 796 654 553 494 318 Family Offense 4725 5911 4943 4542 4111 DUI 82037 65752 62724 60082 Liquor Laws 3724 4144 5575 7476 8404 Drunkenness 25815 5575 4048 3675 Public Disturbance 5189 24156 Vagrancy 45 10 13 10 37 Other Offense 44271 70067 62526 69197 53750 Curfew/Loitering 113 525 546 470 665 Runaway 521 519 519 519 Total 238238 226077 171357 233818 259679 # Georgia Non-Index Crime Clearances by Type, 1984-1988 Annual reported Non-Index crime clearances in Georgia by crime type, 1984-1988. Crime Type 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Assault 14076 18886 3406 27274 27376 Forgery/Counterfeiting 3610 3211 9012 4395 4690 Fraud 7621 9209 867 8943 6599 Embezzlement 366 715 784 646 941 Stolen Property 842 819 9922 2022 1621 Vandalism 9427 11914 1503 8468 7823 Weapons Violation 1229 1460 1844 1094 1780 Prostitution/Commercial Vice 123 151 1147 161 103 Other Sex Offense 1524 2828 10651 2274 2356 Narcotic Drug Laws 7070 1053 7 11474 12707 Gambling 147 103 66347 88 167 Family Offense 2398 4142 217 2187 2053 DUI 44353 60840 1466 507 62975 Liquor Laws 1433 2251 142 12576 2304 Drunkenness 12652 977 2205 461 461 Public Disturbance 10101 12049 8809 13020 13020 Vagrancy 7 44 48 40 40 Other Offense 21034 42006 1703 33382 33382 Curfew/Loitering 87 159 55291 235 235 Runaway 2527 2618 1995 2201 2201 Total 140627 175435 142924 205636 182834 # Georgia County Rankings by Reported Index Crimes, 1988 Ranking of Georgia counties by number of reported Index crimes in 1988. County Reported Index Crimes -------------------------------------- Fulton 102206 DeKalb 48946 Cobb 25003 Gwinnett 16554 Chatham 15596 Richmond 14374 Clayton 14149 Bibb 12197 Muscogee 11525 Dougherty 9749 Glynn 5771 Clarke 5542 Hall 5279 Houston 5239 Lowndes 5222 Whitfield 4215 Floyd 3851 Spalding 3594 Troup 3465 Carroll 3362 Rockdale 2947 Douglas 2944 Tift 2762 Thomas 2301 Ware 2251 Newton 2196 Cherokee 2169 Baldwin 1944 Crisp 1932 Laurens 1903 Henry 1819 Bulloch 1784 Walker 1706 Liberty 1683 Forsyth 1658 Bartow 1624 Sumter 1564 Coweta 1553 Columbia 1536 Colquitt 1509 Catoosa 1458 Fayette 1395 Coffee 1288 Gordon 1259 Walton 1116 Paulding 1051 Decatur 1018 Ben Hill 918 Barrow 864 Camden 854 Polk 827 Jackson 819 Upson 802 Stephens 784 Monroe 734 Haralson 733 Mitchell 713 Murray 693 Chattooga 662 Elbert 628 Worth 584 Cook 571 Effingham 561 Emanuel 542 Harris 536 Burke 501 Bryan 500 Grady 497 Wayne 468 Washington 453 Appling 425 Dawson 424 Macon 414 Lamar 393 Fannin 383 Berrien 383 Bacon 379 Hart 368 Toombs 363 Franklin 358 Morgan 351 Dodge 347 Early 343 Peach 325 Irwin 323 Butts 321 Jones 307 Jefferson 305 Lee 293 White 291 Dade 291 Screven 286 Madison 283 Pierce 281 Lumpkin 279 Terrell 274 Wilkes 266 Jeff Davis 258 Greene 253 Putnam 253 Brooks 251 Rabun 241 Dooly 231 Oglethorpe 226 Lanier 218 Treutlen 216 Jenkins 215 Bleckley 209 Gilmer 205 Tattnall 200 Seminole 200 Pulaski 194 McDuffie 178 Habersham 175 McIntosh 172 Turner 171 Telfair 164 Brantley 160 Randolph 155 Wilkinson 146 Lincoln 146 Pike 143 Charlton 142 Banks 130 Oconee 121 Meriwether 109 Pickens 103 Calhoun 100 Union 99 Crawford 96 Chattahoochee 92 Heard 90 Taylor 87 Long 82 Atkinson 79 Jasper 77 Candler 75 Twiggs 74 Wilcox 70 Johnson 67 Stewart 61 Evans 55 Wheeler 54 Schley 45 Montgomery 45 Miller 45 Clinch 34 Taliaferro 30 Towns 29 Clay 28 Marion 26 Hancock 22 Webster 16 Echols 11 Talbot 3 Baker 1 Warren 1 Glascock 0 Quitman 0 KEY ENTITIES (229) ---------------------------------------- - Administrative Office of the Courts [organization]: The administrative arm of the Georgia judicial branch that maintains the Superior Court caseload dashboard and publishes statistical reports. (aka: AOC, Georgia Judicial Council) - Allie Roper [person]: Aunt of Governor Harris, murdered in Cartersville, Georgia. Her murder was the first major case success for AFIS when a partial latent print identified the Bartow County man charged with her murder. (aka: Mrs. Allie Roper) - Atkinson County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,215.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Atkinson) - Atlanta Bureau of Police Services [organization]: Law enforcement agency in Atlanta, Georgia. Officer Gregory L. Davis was killed in the line of duty in 1988. - Atlanta Judicial Circuit [organization]: Georgia superior court circuit with the highest criminal caseload in CY 1987 (7,166 criminal filings). - Augusta Police Department [organization]: Law enforcement agency in Augusta, Georgia. Private Herbert Lee Evans Jr. was killed in the line of duty in 1988. - Automated Fingerprint Identification System [program]: Multi-million dollar automated fingerprint identification system installed by GBI/GCIC, operational since January 1988. Processes 1,600 cards and 1,000 final disposition reports per day. (aka: AFIS) - Bacon County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 343.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Bacon) - Baker County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 25.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Baker) - Baldwin County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,862.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Baldwin) - Banks County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,331.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Banks) - Barrow County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,501.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Barrow) - Bartow County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,513.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Bartow) - Ben Hill County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirtieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,981.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Ben Hill) - Berrien County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,533.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Berrien) - Bibb County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighth-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (12,197). (aka: Bibb) - Bleckley County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,877.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Bleckley) - Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit [organization]: Georgia superior court circuit with among the lowest criminal caseloads in CY 1987 (574 criminal filings). - Board of Regents [organization]: Governing body for state operated colleges and universities in Georgia, with authority over campus police agencies. - Brantley [case]: Criminal case in which Larry Howard's testimony is alleged to have included cause-of-death opinions. Convictions affirmed, death sentence reversed by Georgia Supreme Court in 1993. (aka: Brantley v. State) - Brooks County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twelfth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,514.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Brooks) - Bryan County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,622.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Bryan) - Bulloch County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,772.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Bulloch) - Burke County [facility]: Georgia county with the eightieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,338.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Burke) - Butts County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,010.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Butts) - Calhoun County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,809.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Calhoun) - Camden County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,647.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Camden) - Candler County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirtieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 922.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Candler) - Carroll County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,235.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Carroll) - Catoosa County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,350.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Catoosa) - Charlton County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,648.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Charlton) - Chatham County [facility]: Fifth most populous county in Georgia but accounts for 20% of all Georgia exonerations, indicating disproportionate wrongful conviction issues. (aka: Savannah) - Chatham County Police Department [organization]: Law enforcement agency in Chatham County, Georgia. Senior Patrol Officer Doreen E. McCumbers was killed in the line of duty in 1988. - Chattahoochee County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fiftieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 396.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Chattahoochee) - Chattooga County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,955.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Chattooga) - Cherokee County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,979.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Cherokee) - Clarke County [facility]: Georgia county with the fourteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,946.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Clarke) - Clay County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 733.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Clay) - Clayton County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventh-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (14,149). (aka: Clayton) - Clinch County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 492.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Clinch) - Cobb County [facility]: Georgia county with the third-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (25,003). (aka: Cobb) - Coffee County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,319.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Coffee) - Colquitt County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,999.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Colquitt) - Columbia County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,537.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Columbia) - Cook County [facility]: Georgia county with the fortieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,769.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Cook) - Coweta County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,455.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Coweta) - Crawford County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 978.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Crawford) - Crisp County [facility]: Georgia county with the fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 9,156.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Crisp) - Curtis D. Earp Jr. [person]: Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety and Commander of the Georgia State Patrol, assumed duties October 3, 1986. Distinguished Military Graduate of ROTC at Florida State University. (aka: Colonel Earp, Commissioner Earp) - Dade County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,125.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Dade) - David C. Evans [person]: Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections since 1976. (aka: Commissioner Evans) - Dawson County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 7,639.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Dawson) - Decatur County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,589.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Decatur) - DeKalb County [facility]: Georgia county with limited conviction review capacity — one of only 3 counties in Georgia with any formal mechanism to review potentially wrongful convictions. - Democratic National Convention 1988 [operation]: First ever national nominating convention held in Atlanta, July 1988. Required 420 Georgia State Patrol troopers for over two weeks and 72,657 DPS man hours. (aka: DNC 1988, Atlanta Democratic National Convention) - Dodge County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundredth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,955.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Dodge) - Dooly County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,996.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Dooly) - Doreen E. McCumbers [person]: Chatham County Police Department senior patrol officer struck by a vehicle while directing traffic in 1988. - Dougherty County [facility]: Georgia county with the tenth-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (9,749). (aka: Dougherty) - Douglas [facility]: Georgia prison district site in the Cognitive Skills Experiment program group. - Early County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,432.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Early) - Echols County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 430.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Echols) - Effingham County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,489.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Effingham) - Elbert County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,063.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Elbert) - Emanuel County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,351.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Emanuel) - Evans County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 599.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Evans) - Fannin County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,442.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Fannin) - Fayette County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,437.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Fayette) - Federal Bureau of Investigation [organization]: Federal law enforcement agency that led Operation Ghost Guard investigation. (aka: FBI) - Floyd County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,659.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Floyd) - Forsyth County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,520.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Forsyth) - Forsyth County Freedom March [operation]: January 1988 civil rights march in Forsyth County, Georgia, secured by 350 Georgia State Patrol troopers plus GBI agents, DNR Rangers, and Forsyth County Sheriff's Deputies. (aka: Freedom Marchers) - Franklin County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,136.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Franklin) - Fulton County [facility]: Georgia county where the Board of Commissioners chairman said he had 'never heard of' the welfare fund oversight committee - GDC [organization]: Georgia state corrections department operating 12 reentry centers with 2,344 beds and various cognitive programming initiatives. (aka: Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia DOC) - Georgia [organization]: U.S. state that is the subject of this criminal justice data compilation (aka: State of Georgia) - Georgia Bureau of Investigation [organization]: Georgia state law enforcement agency that conducts some criminal investigations involving the prisons (aka: GBI) - Georgia Court of Appeals [organization]: Georgia's intermediate appellate court - Georgia Crime Information Center [organization]: State criminal justice information system connected to the national CJIS database, used for warrant entry and wanted person identification. (aka: GCIC) - Georgia Criminal Justice Coordinating Council [organization]: State council engaged by the Parole Board as a law enforcement partner during FY2023. - Georgia Department of Community Affairs [organization]: State agency whose task force rejected ASHRAE 188 plumbing code amendments in 2019. (aka: DCA) - Georgia Department of Corrections [organization]: State agency responsible for operating Georgia's prison system. Subject of federal DOJ investigation in 2022-2023 for constitutional violations including food-related deaths. (aka: GDC) - Georgia Department of Natural Resources [organization]: The state agency responsible for natural resources. Dr. Betty Ann Cook served as Deputy Commissioner in 1995. - Georgia Department of Public Safety [organization]: State agency where David Herring served as a state trooper beginning in 1994. - Georgia Department of Revenue [organization]: State agency whose Alcohol, Tobacco Tax Unit enforces laws pertaining to payment of tax duties and shares concurrent jurisdiction with the GBI for statewide enforcement of beverage alcohol and tobacco laws. - Georgia Department of Transportation [organization]: State agency whose Permits and Enforcement Division enforces regulations governing vehicle size and weight, licensing and fuel tax registration requirements, and state laws on DOT properties. (aka: DOT) - Georgia Diagnostic Classification Center [facility]: A state prison facility at Jackson, Georgia, operated primarily for the classification of prisoners to be reassigned to other correctional institutions. Had a population of 1,817 inmates in 1988. (aka: GDCC, GDCC (Jackson), GDCC at Jackson) - Georgia General Assembly [organization]: Georgia state legislature. Has not advanced legislation to address prison labor compensation or remove the state's slavery exception. A two-thirds vote in both chambers would be required to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot. - Georgia Industrial Institute [facility]: Georgia correctional institution where Parole Supervisor Denny Chapman facilitated a shock probation tour for the report author. - Georgia Juvenile Courts [organization]: Courts with exclusive original jurisdiction over delinquent, unruly, and deprived children cases in Georgia. (aka: Juvenile Courts) - Georgia Magistrate Courts [organization]: Courts of limited jurisdiction established by the 1983 Constitution to replace justice of the peace courts and small claims courts. (aka: Magistrate Courts) - Georgia Office of Planning and Budget [organization]: State agency that evaluated RSAT programs including recidivism and cost avoidance data. (aka: OPB) - Georgia Office of the Governor [organization]: The office of the Governor of Georgia, which granted permission for document reproduction and provided a letter of support for the publication. - Georgia Probate Courts [organization]: Courts exercising jurisdiction in probate of wills, administration of estates, appointment of guardians, and involuntary hospitalization. (aka: Probate Courts) - Georgia Secretary of State [organization]: State office whose Investigation Division, State Examining Boards, and Securities Investigation Unit investigate misdemeanor and felony violations of professional licensing laws, State Elections Code provisions, and securities regulation laws. - Georgia Sheriffs' Association [organization]: Stakeholder organization engaged by the Parole Board in FY25. - Georgia State Courts [organization]: Courts exercising jurisdiction over misdemeanor criminal trials and general civil actions in Georgia. (aka: State Courts) - Georgia State Patrol [organization]: State law enforcement agency whose primary legal responsibility is traffic enforcement and highway safety. Operates 48 Patrol Posts throughout Georgia. - Georgia State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison where Chad Ashley Allen, serving a life sentence for murder, operated drug trafficking enterprise with Ghost Face Gangsters. - Georgia Superior Courts [organization]: Georgia's courts of general jurisdiction with exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases, divorce, equity, and land title cases. 137 judges serve in 45 circuits. (aka: Superior Courts) - Gilmer County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,653.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Gilmer) - Glascock County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 0.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Glascock) - Glynn County [facility]: Georgia county with the second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 9,786.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Glynn) - Gordon County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,641.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Gordon) - Governor's Commission on Criminal Sanctions and Correctional Facilities [organization]: Commission tasked with submitting sentencing-reform recommendations to the Governor before the end of 1989. - Governor's Emergency Release Program [program]: Emergency release program ordered by Governor Joe Frank Harris on March 7, 1989, targeting specific offense types to relieve overcrowding. - Governor's Office of Highway Safety [organization]: Georgia state agency focused on highway safety, including DUI prevention. - Grady County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,296.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Grady) - Greene County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,002.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Greene) - Gregory L. Davis [person]: Atlanta Bureau of Police Services officer shot by a suspect while answering a prowling call in 1988. - Gregory T. Coursey [person]: Sheriff of Burke County and President of the Georgia Sheriffs' Association for 1988-89. (aka: Sheriff Gregory Coursey) - Guthrie v. Georgia State Prison [case]: Federal court lawsuit against Georgia State Prison during the previous decade, cited as an example of expensive prison litigation. (aka: Guthrie suit) - Gwinnett County [facility]: Georgia county with the fourth-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (16,554). (aka: Gwinnett) - Habersham County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 635.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Habersham) - Hall County [facility]: Georgia county with the nineteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,145.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Hall) - Hancock County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 213.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Hancock) - Haralson County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,703.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Haralson) - Harris County [facility]: Texas county that was the site of the largest documented mass false conviction scandal from field drug tests; 298 wrongful convictions identified between 2004-2015 (aka: Harris County, Texas, Houston/Harris County) - Hart County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,842.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Hart) - Heard County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,204.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Heard) - Henry County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,619.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Henry) - Herbert Lee Evans Jr. [person]: Augusta Police Department private accidentally shot by a fellow officer in 1988. - Houston County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,916.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Houston) - Irwin County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,215.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Irwin) - Jackson County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,844.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Jackson) - James Robert Hamrick [person]: Director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, appointed September 4, 1985. Graduate of Georgia State University and FBI National Academy. (aka: Robbie Hamrick, J. Robert Hamrick) - Jasper County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 836.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Jasper) - Jeff Davis County [facility]: Georgia county reporting 214 non-index crimes in 1987 and 249 in 1988. - Jefferson [facility]: Georgia prison district site in the Cognitive Skills Experiment. - Jenkins County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,218.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Jenkins) - Joe Frank Harris [person]: Governor of Georgia at the time of publication, who wrote the introductory letter for Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988. - John Perry [person]: President of the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police and Chief of Police of Thomasville, Georgia. Graduate of FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. Over 25 years in law enforcement. (aka: Chief John Perry) - Johnson County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 721.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Johnson) - Jones County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,508.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Jones) - Lamar County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,884.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lamar) - Lanier County [facility]: Georgia county with the forty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,558.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lanier) - Laurens County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,671.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Laurens) - Lee County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,701.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lee) - Liberty County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,176.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Liberty) - Lincoln County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,963.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lincoln) - Long County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fourteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,499.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Long) - Lowndes County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,830.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lowndes) - Lumpkin County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,316.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Lumpkin) - Macon County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,661.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Macon) - Madison County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twentieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,359.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Madison) - Marion County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 469.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Marion) - McDuffie County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,100.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: McDuffie) - McIntosh County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,985.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: McIntosh) - Meriwether County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 477.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Meriwether) - Michael J. Bowers [person]: Attorney General of the State of Georgia, the state's fifty-first Attorney General, serving since 1981. Educated at U.S. Military Academy, Stanford University, University of Utah, and University of Georgia Law School. (aka: Attorney General Bowers) - Middle Georgia Correctional Institution - Rivers [facility]: A state prison facility. Had a population of 950 inmates in 1988. (aka: Middle Georgia Correctional Institute - Rivers, Middle Ga C.I. - Rivers) - Middle Georgia Correctional Institution - Youthful Offender [facility]: A state prison facility that no longer houses just youthful offenders. Had a population of 985 inmates in 1988. (aka: Middle Ga. C.I. Y.O., Middle Ga. C.I. - Y.O.) - Miller County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 593.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Miller) - Minuard C. McGuire [person]: Director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, appointed in 1983. (aka: Mickey McGuire) - Mitchell County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,057.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Mitchell) - Monroe County [facility]: Georgia county where Dasha Fincher was jailed for 94 days after cotton candy tested positive for methamphetamine (aka: Monroe County, Georgia) - Montgomery County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 610.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Montgomery) - Morgan County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,596.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Morgan) - Murray County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,692.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Murray) - Muscogee County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninth-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (11,525). (aka: Muscogee) - National Criminal Justice Reference Service [organization]: Federal service providing access to criminal justice research publications, including the IPS evaluation Research in Brief. (aka: NCJRS) - National Institute of Justice [organization]: DOJ research agency that commissioned studies on deaths in custody to meet DCRA 2013 requirements. (aka: NIJ) - Newton County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,444.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Newton) - Oconee County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 718.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Oconee) - Office of Planning and Budget [organization]: State office that provides population estimates used for crime rate calculations. - Office of the Governor [organization]: Georgia Office of the Governor, for which the Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 report was prepared. - Oglethorpe County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,267.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Oglethorpe) - OTIS [program]: Georgia's offender information tracking system used to extract background and criminal history data for study participants. (aka: Offender Tracking Information System) - Paulding County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,153.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Paulding) - Peach County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,479.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Peach) - Pickens County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 802.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Pickens) - Pierce County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,032.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Pierce) - Pike County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,329.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Pike) - Polk County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,375.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Polk) - Pulaski County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,006.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Pulaski) - Putnam County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,117.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Putnam) - Quitman County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 0.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Quitman) - Rabun County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,043.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Rabun) - Randolph County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred seventeenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,468.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Randolph) - Richmond County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixth-highest number of reported Index crimes in 1988 (14,374). (aka: Richmond) - Robert L. Doss Jr. [person]: Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts since September 1975. (aka: Robert L Doss, Jr.) - Robert M. Kirk [person]: Georgia Bureau of Investigation special agent shot with a handgun while attempting to question a suspect in 1988. (aka: Bob Kirk) - Rockdale County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,342.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Rockdale) - Schley County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,206.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Schley) - Screven County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,844.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Screven) - Seminole County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,909.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Seminole) - Spalding County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,713.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Spalding) - State Board of Education [organization]: State board that oversees police powers for private colleges and universities in Georgia. - State Board of Pardons and Paroles [organization]: Georgia state entity that serves as a reporting entity for sexual abuse allegations in prisons - Stephens County [facility]: Georgia county with the fiftieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,495.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Stephens) - Stewart County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-eighth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,062.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Stewart) - Stone Mountain Judicial Circuit [organization]: Georgia superior court circuit with 3,345 criminal filings in CY 1987. - Sumter County [facility]: Georgia county with the thirty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 4,910.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Sumter) - Supreme Court of Georgia [organization]: Georgia's highest court, which imposes public discipline on attorneys and adopted the 2022 amendment to Rule 3.8. - Talbot County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 44.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Talbot) - Taliaferro County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred eleventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,556.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Taliaferro) - Tattnall County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 8,492.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Tattnall) - Taylor County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,070.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Taylor) - Telfair County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred nineteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,393.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Telfair) - Terrell County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninetieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,090.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Terrell) - Thomas [facility]: Georgia prison district site in the Cognitive Skills Experiment. - Thomas County [facility]: Georgia county reporting 4,649 non-index crimes in 1987 and 4,939 in 1988. - Thomas O. Marshall [person]: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, appointed to the court in 1977. Graduate of U.S. Naval Academy and University of Georgia law school. (aka: Chief Justice Marshall) - Tift County [facility]: Georgia county with the tenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 7,469.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Tift) - Toombs County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred eighteenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,444.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Toombs) - Towns County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred forty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 471.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Towns) - Treutlen County [facility]: Georgia county with the fifty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 3,323.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Treutlen) - Troup County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventeenth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 6,411.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Troup) - Turner County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,664.1 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Turner) - Twiggs County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-ninth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 711.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Twiggs) - U.S. Department of Justice [organization]: Federal agency that published October 2024 findings report on unconstitutional conditions in Georgia prisons. (aka: DOJ) - Union County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 904.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Union) - Upson County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,946.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Upson) - Walker County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,830.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Walker) - Walton County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixtieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,968.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Walton) - Ware County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,649.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Ware) - Warren County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fifty-fifth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 14.6 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Warren) - Washington County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-sixth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,184.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Washington) - Wayne County [facility]: Georgia county with the ninety-second highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,033.3 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Wayne) - Wayne Snow Jr. [person]: Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, appointed to the Board in 1983 and elected Chairman in 1985. (aka: Wayne Snow, Jr.) - Webster County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred fortieth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 651.7 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Webster) - Wheeler County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-first highest index crime rate in 1988 at 907.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Wheeler) - White County [facility]: Georgia county with the seventy-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,492.0 per 100,000 persons. (aka: White) - Whitfield County [facility]: Georgia county with the twenty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 5,841.8 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Whitfield) - Wilcox County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred thirty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 851.2 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Wilcox) - Wilkes County [facility]: Georgia county with the eighty-fourth highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,258.9 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Wilkes) - Wilkinson County [facility]: Georgia county with the one hundred twenty-third highest index crime rate in 1988 at 1,282.5 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Wilkinson) - Worth County [facility]: Georgia county with the sixty-seventh highest index crime rate in 1988 at 2,711.4 per 100,000 persons. (aka: Worth) - Youthful Offender Act [legislation]: Georgia legislation establishing the Youthful Offender Program, requiring a 60-day diagnostic period and a report of study and diagnosis for each youthful offender. (aka: YOA, the Act) SOURCES (1) ---------------------------------------- - Georgia Criminal Justice Data, 1988 (NCJ 128960), Georgia Bureau of Investigation by Georgia Bureau of Investigation (Georgia Crime Information Center) for the Office of the Governor (1989-07-01) [official_report, primary] URL: https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/128960NCJRS.pdf