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Florida Department of Corrections, Secretary Michael D. Crews

Florida Department of Corrections
Michael D. Crews, Secretary

Sentencing Guidelines
1996-97 Annual Report
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List of Tables and Figures

Part I. Introduction
Section 2. Introductory Statistics
Table 1 Scoresheets Received by Month of Sentence
Figure 1 Scoresheets Received: 1994 vs. 1995 Version
Table 2 Scoresheets Received by Judicial Circuit
Table 3 Scoresheets Received by Judicial Circuit/County
Figure 2 Sentencing Guidelines Policy in Effect by Fiscal Year FY 1996-97 Supervision and Prison Admissions
Table 4 Gender by Judicial Circuit
Table 5 Race by Judicial Circuit
Table 6 Age at Sentencing
Figure 3 Age at Sentencing Distribution

Part II. Impact
Section 1. Use of Incarcerative Sanctions
Figure 1 Distribution of Prison Admissions by Offense Group, Fiscal Year and Guidelines Policy
Table 1 Changes in Prison Admission Distributions by Offense Type for Sentencing Guidelines Policy in Effect
Table 2 Current Prison Admissions for Non-Violent Offense Groups by Prior Prison Record and Guidelines Policy Third Degree Felony Offenses Only
Section 2. Sentencing Neutrality
Table 1 Prison Versus Non-Prison Sentence for Blacks and Whites
Table 2 Average Prison Sentence Length in Years by Race
Table 3 White and Black Offenders Sentencing Factors
Table 4 Effect of Factors on In/Out Prison Decision
Table 5 Effect of Factors on Prison Sentence Length
Section 3. Penalties and Primary Offense Severity
Table 1 Sanction Imposed by Sentencing Guidelines Level
Table 2 State Prison Sentence Length by Sentencing Guidelines Level
Table 3 Source of Sentence Points by Recommended Sanction Category
Figure 1 Source of Points for Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category
Table 4 Average Sentence Points for Offenders Receiving Points From That Component
Table 5 Number of Additional Offenses
Figure 2 Additional Offenses
Section 4. Sentence Severity and Prior Record
Table 1 Number of Prior Offenses
Table 2 Prior Felony Record and Sanction Imposed
Table 3 Average State Prison Sentence Length in Months by Prior Felony Record and Sentencing Guidelines Level
Section 5. Length of Time Served
Figure 1 Average Percentage of Sentence Served Over Eight Years
Table 1 Comparison of State Prison Sentence Length to Estimated Number of Years Served for Selected Offenses, Pre-1994 vs. 1994-95 Sentencing Guidelines Policy
Section 6. Departures from Recommended Sentences
Table 1 Mitigation Rates Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category
Figure 1 Mitigation Rates Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended State Prison Sanction Category
Figure 2 Mitigation Rates out of all Scoresheets
Table 2 Mitigated Sanction Rates by Judicial Circuit/County
Table 3 Mitigated Sanction and Sentence Length Rates by Judicial Circuit/County
Table 4 Mitigation Rates by Offense Type
Tables 5-24 Mitigation Rates by Offense Type Tables by Circuit
Table 25 Aggravation Rates Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended Non-State Prison Sanction Category
Figure 3 Aggravation Rates Among Offenders Scoring in Recommended Non-State Prison Sanction Category
Figure 4 Aggravation Rates out of all Scoresheets
Table 26 Aggravation Rates by Judicial Circuit/County

Part III. Sentencing Guidelines Practice
Section 1. Recommended Sanction and Sanction Imposed
Table 1 Recommended Sanction Category by Sanction Imposed
Table 2 Sanction Imposed by Recommended Sanction Category
Table 3 Recommended Sanction Category by Judicial Circuit/County
Table 4 Sanction Imposed by Judicial Circuit/County
Table 5 Offense Types by Sanction Imposed
Table 6 Offense Types by Sanction Imposed Tables by Judicial Circuit/County
Sentencing Guidelines
1996-97 Annual Report
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