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WISCONSIN - DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS - COUNTY JAIL AND DETENTION FACILITY REPORT, 1978

NCJ Number
63227
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1979
Length
35 pages
Annotation
TABLES PRESENT STATEWIDE INFORMATION ON ADULT AND JUVENILE CONFINEMENTS TO COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES IN WISCONSIN DURING 1978.
Abstract
CONTAINING NUMEROUS STATISTICAL TABLES, THIS REPORT PROVIDES DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING DEPARTMENT RESOURCES, MISCELLANEOUS DATA, CRIMES AND CLEARANCES, POLICE DISTRICTS, ADULT ARRESTS AND DISPOSITIONS, JUVENILE ARRESTS AND DISPOSITIONS, AND MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS. A COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT PROVIDES DATA ON REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS RECEIVED (EXCLUDING TRAFFIC) FOR PART I OFFENSES, PART II OFFENSES, MISCELLANEOUS PUBLIC COMPLAINTS, AND COMPLAINTS FROM OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION. DATA IS COMPARED FOR FATAL AND NONFATAL ACCIDENTS, TOTAL PERSONS KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS, AND TOTAL PERSONS INJURED IN THESE ACCIDENTS, AS WELL AS FOR TOTAL FIREARMS REGISTERED AND TOTAL PERMITS ISSUED TO PURCHASE FIREARMS. DEPARTMENTAL OPERATING EXPENSES FOR 1978 WERE $37,848,586. THE POPULATION OF THE JURISDICTION WAS 719,600 AND THE COST PER CAPITA WAS $52.60 ANNUALLY, OR $.14 PER DAY. THE POLICE/CLIENT RATIO WAS 496 PERSONS PER POLICE OFFICER. (PRG) ADULT COUNTY AND DATE RECORDED FOR ADULT CONFINEMENTS IN 1978, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ADULT AND JUVENILE CONFINEMENTS BY DETAINING FACILITY AND SEX FOR THE PAST 5 YEARS, DETENTION RATES OF ADULT AND JUVENILE CONFINEMENTS TO COUNTY ADULT AND JUVENILE POPULATION, AND THE LENGTH OF DETENTION OF JUVENILES IN COUNTY DETENTION FACILITIES. (WJR)