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Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2008-2009)
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Part III: Comparative Description

Table 5 Sanction Imposed by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2007-2008 Sentence Dates1 FY2008-2009 Sentence Dates2
State Prison* Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total State Prison Comm. Control Probation County Jail Other Sentence Total
1 1,409 639 8,098 5,590 172 15,908 1,353 524 5,616 4,735 114 12,342
8.9% 4.0% 50.9% 35.1% 1.1% 100.0% 11.0% 4.2% 45.5% 38.4% 0.9% 100.0%
2 1,022 369 6,175 2,333 145 10,044 1,019 368 6,257 2,516 124 10,284
10.2% 3.7% 61.5% 23.2% 1.4% 100.0% 9.9% 3.6% 60.8% 24.5% 1.2% 100.0%
3 3,017 963 13,793 10,771 331 28,875 2,519 889 12,517 9,063 200 25,188
10.4% 3.3% 47.8% 37.3% 1.1% 100.0% 10.0% 3.5% 49.7% 36.0% 0.8% 100.0%
4 2,693 535 5,960 3,215 134 12,537 2,682 604 5,826 2,842 98 12,052
21.5% 4.3% 47.5% 25.6% 1.1% 100.0% 22.3% 5.0% 48.3% 23.6% 0.8% 100.0%
5 4,053 742 5,660 2,920 120 13,495 4,199 774 5,754 2,804 84 13,615
30.0% 5.5% 41.9% 21.6% 0.9% 100.0% 30.8% 5.7% 42.3% 20.6% 0.6% 100.0%
6 2,290 474 3,658 988 54 7,464 2,322 469 3,685 929 49 7,454
30.7% 6.4% 49.0% 13.2% 0.7% 100.0% 31.2% 6.3% 49.4% 12.5% 0.7% 100.0%
7 3,559 526 1,943 475 44 6,547 3,627 485 2,017 444 34 6,607
54.4% 8.0% 29.7% 7.3% 0.7% 100.0% 54.9% 7.3% 30.5% 6.7% 0.5% 100.0%
8 863 88 271 30 8 1,260 905 86 239 21 1 1,252
68.5% 7.0% 21.5% 2.3% 0.6% 100.0% 72.3% 6.9% 19.1% 1.7% 0.1% 100.0%
9 849 93 107 19 2 1,070 866 91 108 16 3 1,084
79.3% 8.7% 10.0% 1.8% 0.2% 100.0% 79.9% 8.4% 10.0% 1.5% 0.3% 100.0%
10 155 5 11 0 0 171 182 7 11 2 0 202
90.6% 2.9% 6.4% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 90.1% 3.5% 5.4% 1.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Total 19,910 4,434 45,676 26,341 1,010 97,371 19,674 4,297 42,030 23,372 707 90,080
20.4% 4.6% 46.9% 27.1% 1.0% 100.0% 21.8% 4.8% 46.7% 25.9% 0.8% 100.0%
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2007.

Table 6 State Prison Sentence Length by Offense Severity Level

Offense Severity Level FY2007-2008 Sentence Dates1 FY2008-2009 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 1,197 160 47 5 1,409 1,120 152 75 6 1,353
85.0% 11.4% 3.3% 0.4% 100.0% 82.8% 11.2% 5.5% 0.4% 100.0%
2 810 158 50 4 1,022 814 144 58 3 1,019
79.3% 15.5% 4.9% 0.4% 100.0% 79.9% 14.1% 5.7% 0.3% 100.0%
3 2,448 428 130 11 3,017 1,993 399 119 8 2,519
81.1% 14.2% 4.3% 0.4% 100.0% 79.1% 15.8% 4.7% 0.3% 100.0%
4 1,851 575 238 29 2,693 1,815 606 240 21 2,682
68.7% 21.4% 8.8% 1.1% 100.0% 67.7% 22.6% 8.9% 0.8% 100.0%
5 2,419 1,075 468 91 4,053 2,536 1,116 471 76 4,199
59.7% 26.5% 11.5% 2.2% 100.0% 60.4% 26.6% 11.2% 1.8% 100.0%
6 1,190 645 352 103 2,290 1,114 690 403 115 2,322
52.0% 28.2% 15.4% 4.5% 100.0% 48.0% 29.7% 17.4% 5.0% 100.0%
7 957 1,472 924 206 3,559 927 1,530 929 241 3,627
26.9% 41.4% 26.0% 5.8% 100.0% 25.6% 42.2% 25.6% 6.6% 100.0%
8 122 205 365 171 863 120 252 372 161 905
14.1% 23.8% 42.3% 19.8% 100.0% 13.3% 27.8% 41.1% 17.8% 100.0%
9 127 115 365 242 849 123 126 384 233 866
15.0% 13.5% 43.0% 28.5% 100.0% 14.2% 14.5% 44.3% 26.9% 100.0%
10 29 8 27 91 155 26 9 48 99 182
18.7% 5.2% 17.4% 58.7% 100.0% 14.3% 4.9% 26.4% 54.4% 100.0%
Total 11,150 4,841 2,966 953 19,910 10,588 5,024 3,099 963 19,674
56.0% 24.3% 14.9% 4.8% 100.0% 53.8% 25.5% 15.8% 4.9% 100.0%
* LE = Less than or equal to; GT = Greater than
1 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2006.
2 Offense dates on or after October 1, 2007.
Florida's Criminal Punishment Code:
A Comparative Assessment (FY 2008-2009)
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