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Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2002-2003)
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Part III Comparative Description

Table 5 Sanction Imposed by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2001 - 2002 Sentence Dates1 FY2002 - 2003 Sentence Dates2
State Prison* Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total
1 632 717 5,441 3,049 77 9,916 769 737 6,281 3,245 168 11,200
6.4% 7.2% 54.9% 30.7% 0.8% 100.0% 6.9% 6.6% 56.1% 29.0% 1.5% 100.0%
2 737 566 6,205 1,795 50 9,353 735 539 5,832 1,819 73 8,998
7.9% 6.1% 66.3% 19.2% 0.5% 100.0% 8.2% 6.0% 64.8% 20.2% 0.8% 100.0%
3 1,572 1,494 12,012 7,176 105 22,359 1,854 1,584 12,483 6,408 178 22,507
7.0% 6.7% 53.7% 32.1% 0.5% 100.0% 8.2% 7.0% 55.5% 28.5% 0.8% 100.0%
4 1,955 869 6,470 2,706 69 12,069 2,090 810 6,227 2,459 81 11,667
16.2% 7.2% 53.6% 22.4% 0.6% 100.0% 17.9% 6.9% 53.4% 21.1% 0.7% 100.0%
5 3,089 1,031 5,636 2,636 52 12,444 3,275 1,024 5,525 2,487 72 12,383
24.8% 8.3% 45.3% 21.2% 0.4% 100.0% 26.4% 8.3% 44.6% 20.1% 0.6% 100.0%
6 1,750 681 4,052 849 29 7,361 1,874 697 4,070 870 50 7,561
23.8% 9.3% 55.0% 11.5% 0.4% 100.0% 24.8% 9.2% 53.8% 11.5% 0.7% 100.0%
7 2,441 661 1,984 336 9 5,431 2,499 632 1,878 283 26 5,318
44.9% 12.2% 36.5% 6.2% 0.2% 100.0% 47.0% 11.9% 35.3% 5.3% 0.5% 100.0%
8 705 169 343 55 2 1,274 777 193 333 31 5 1,339
55.3% 13.3% 26.9% 4.3% 0.2% 100.0% 58.0% 14.4% 24.9% 2.3% 0.4% 100.0%
9 791 103 119 11 1 1,025 702 85 97 19 0 903
77.2% 10.0% 11.6% 1.1% 0.1% 100.0% 77.7% 9.4% 10.7% 2.1% 0.0% 100.0%
10 112 6 13 3 0 134 114 3 5 3 0 125
83.6% 4.5% 9.7% 2.2% 0.0% 100.0% 91.2% 2.4% 4.0% 2.4% 0.0% 100.0%
Total 13,784 6,297 42,275 18,616 394 81,366 14,689 6,304 42,731 17,624 653 82,001
  16.9% 7.7% 52.0% 22.9% 0.5% 100.0% 17.9% 7.7% 52.1% 21.5% 0.8% 100.0%
Note: County jail includes those sentenced to time served; prison includes those sentenced to life.
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2000.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.

Table 6 State Prison Sentence Length by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2001 - 2002 Sentence Dates1 FY2002 - 2003 Sentence Dates2
LE 2* GT 2-LE 4* GT 4-LE 10* GT 10* Total LE 2* GT 2-LE 4* GT 4-LE 10* GT 10* Total
1 504 91 31 6 632 613 109 42 5 769
79.7% 14.4% 4.9% 0.9% 100.0% 79.7% 14.2% 5.5% 0.7% 100.0%
2 543 135 54 5 737 529 152 49 5 735
73.7% 18.3% 7.3% 0.7% 100.0% 72.0% 20.7% 6.7% 0.7% 100.0%
3 1,170 284 104 14 1,572 1,386 348 103 17 1,854
74.4% 18.1% 6.6% 0.9% 100.0% 74.8% 18.8% 5.6% 0.9% 100.0%
4 1,229 462 242 22 1,955 1,331 487 243 29 2,090
62.9% 23.6% 12.4% 1.1% 100.0% 63.7% 23.3% 11.6% 1.4% 100.0%
5 1,689 898 420 82 3,089 1,854 923 396 102 3,275
54.7% 29.1% 13.6% 2.7% 100.0% 56.6% 28.2% 12.1% 3.1% 100.0%
6 799 544 297 110 1,750 879 574 318 103 1,874
45.7% 31.1% 17.0% 6.3% 100.0% 46.9% 30.6% 17.0% 5.5% 100.0%
7 610 935 664 232 2,441 595 996 672 236 2,499
25.0% 38.3% 27.2% 9.5% 100.0% 23.8% 39.9% 26.9% 9.4% 100.0%
8 123 200 254 128 705 112 212 309 144 777
17.4% 28.4% 36.0% 18.2% 100.0% 14.4% 27.3% 39.8% 18.5% 100.0%
9 110 128 313 240 791 115 110 302 175 702
13.9% 16.2% 39.6% 30.3% 100.0% 16.4% 15.7% 43.0% 24.9% 100.0%
10 34 4 16 58 112 31 4 16 63 114
30.4% 3.6% 14.3% 51.8% 100.0% 27.2% 3.5% 14.0% 55.3% 100.0%
Total 6,811 3,681 2,395 897 13,784 7,445 3,915 2,450 879 14,689
49.4% 26.7% 17.4% 6.5% 100.0% 50.7% 26.7% 16.7% 6.0% 100.0%
* LE = Less than or equal to; GT = Greater than
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2000.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2001.
Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2002-2003)
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