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Superior Court
Juvenile Offender Activity - 2008 to 2012

2008 2009 % Chg (1) 2010 % Chg (1) 2011 % Chg (1) 2012 % Chg (1)
FILINGS
Homicide  16  10  . %  18  . %  14  . %  . % 
Sex Crimes  412  341  -17.2 %  362  6.2 %  394  8.8 %  355  -9.9 % 
Robbery  428  452  5.6 %  414  -8.4 %  298  -28 %  301  1 % 
Assault  832  797  -4.2 %  812  1.9 %  664  -18.2 %  557  -16.1 % 
Theft/Burglary  3,154  2,612  -17.2 %  2,042  -21.8 %  1,898  -7.1 %  1,657  -12.7 % 
Motor Vehicle Theft  588  542  -7.8 %  452  -16.6 %  376  -16.8 %  392  4.3 % 
Controlled Substance  638  525  -17.7 %  594  13.1 %  569  -4.2 %  426  -25.1 % 
Other Felony (2)  1,565  1,203  -23.1 %  908  -24.5 %  806  -11.2 %  794  -1.5 % 
Total Felony Filings  7,633  6,482  -15.1 %  5,602  -13.6 %  5,019  -10.4 %  4,489  -10.6 % 
Misdemeanor/Gross Misdemeanor (2)  12,257  11,787  -3.8 %  11,022  -6.5 %  9,289  -15.7 %  8,336  -10.3 % 
Non-Charge Filings (3)  2,282  2,091  -8.4 %  1,944  -7 %  1,973  1.5 %  1,593  -19.3 % 
Total Juvenile Offender Filings  22,172  20,360  -8.2 %  18,568  -8.8 %  16,281  -12.3 %  14,418  -11.4 % 
RESOLUTIONS
Before Trial 
                 
Change of Venue  . %  . %  . %  10  . % 
Declination of Jurisdiction  46  45  -2.2 %  39  -13.3 %  35  -10.3 %  24  . % 
Deferred Prosecution  143  92  -35.7 %  81  -12 %  . %  53  1225 % 
Dismissal  6,578  6,179  -6.1 %  5,749  -7 %  4,742  -17.5 %  3,925  -17.2 % 
Guilty Plea  10,701  9,727  -9.1 %  9,307  -4.3 %  8,602  -7.6 %  7,316  -15 % 
Other (4)  1,758  1,474  -16.2 %  1,623  10.1 %  1,548  -4.6 %  1,669  7.8 % 
Total Pre-Trial Resolutions  19,228  17,523  -8.9 %  16,806  -4.1 %  14,935  -11.1 %  12,997  -13 % 
After Trial Commencement
Deferred Disposition  2,492  2,407  -3.4 %  2,030  -15.7 %  1,804  -11.1 %  1,651  -8.5 % 
Dismissal  10  . %  11  . %  11  . %  . % 
Guilty Plea    . %  . %  . %    . % 
Acquitted/Not Guilty  83  91  9.6 %  87  -4.4 %  60  -31 %  55  -8.3 % 
Convicted  462  532  15.2 %  530  -0.4 %  402  -24.2 %  333  -17.2 % 
Total Post-Trial Resolutions  3,043  3,042  0 %  2,661  -12.5 %  2,278  -14.4 %  2,044  -10.3 % 
Total Resolutions  22,271  20,565  -7.7 %  19,467  -5.3 %  17,213  -11.6 %  15,041  -12.6 % 
Sentences
Community Supervision  2,473  1,767  -28.5 %  1,590  -10 %  1,398  -12.1 %  1,389  -0.6 % 
Detention  1,044  1,016  -2.7 %  945  -7 %  897  -5.1 %  811  -9.6 % 
Detention/Community Supervision  3,187  2,844  -10.8 %  2,356  -17.2 %  2,232  -5.3 %  1,973  -11.6 % 
State Commitment  703  591  -15.9 %  473  -20 %  486  2.7 %  540  11.1 % 
Local Commitment  388  209  -46.1 %  333  59.3 %  266  -20.1 %  180  -32.3 % 
Other  4,869  5,289  8.6 %  5,220  -1.3 %  4,695  -10.1 %  3,785  -19.4 % 
Total Sentences  12,664  11,716  -7.5 %  10,917  -6.8 %  9,974  -8.6 %  8,678  -13 % 
PROCEEDINGS
Adjudicatory Hearing  835  942  12.8 %  887  -5.8 %  949  7 %  924  -2.6 % 
Adjudicatory and Sentence Hearing  77  93  20.8 %  63  -32.3 %  73  15.9 %  51  -30.1 % 
Preliminary Appearance  4,050  3,494  -13.7 %  3,480  -0.4 %  2,792  -19.8 %  2,597  -7 % 
Detention Hearing  6,147  5,366  -12.7 %  5,320  -0.9 %  4,476  -15.9 %  3,974  -11.2 % 
Declination  126  147  16.7 %  69  -53.1 %  54  -21.7 %  17  . % 
Initial Arraignment  15,189  13,974  -8 %  11,692  -16.3 %  10,073  -13.8 %  9,039  -10.3 % 
Other Pre-Resolution Hearing (5)  30,561  28,040  -8.2 %  28,641  2.1 %  24,372  -14.9 %  21,514  -11.7 % 
Guilty Plea Hearing (6)  11,950  10,890  -8.9 %  10,225  -6.1 %  9,475  -7.3 %  8,039  -15.2 % 
Sentence Hearing  3,143  2,944  -6.3 %  2,774  -5.8 %  2,457  -11.4 %  2,118  -13.8 % 
Review Hearing (7)  12,463  11,402  -8.5 %  11,292  -1 %  11,892  5.3 %  10,522  -11.5 % 
Post-Resolution Hearing (8)  21,077  22,669  7.6 %  23,914  5.5 %  22,748  -4.9 %  22,325  -1.9 % 
Non-Charge Hearing (3)  6,397  5,790  -9.5 %  5,034  -13.1 %  5,787  15 %  4,787  -17.3 % 
Total Proceedings  112,015  105,751  -5.6 %  103,391  -2.2 %  95,148  -8 %  85,907  -9.7 % 
Average Proceedings/Resolution  5.1    5.3    5.5    5.7   

1 Percentages not shown when numbers are less than 30.
2 Pursuant to Chapter 53 Laws of 2003 (SB 5758 - effective July 1, 2004), technical (non-substantive) revisions were made to the criminal statutes of Washington State. In conjunction with this recodification, statistical categorization of criminal cases was revised. Charges based on statutes that cite both felony and misdemeanor category charging options were previously categorized as felonies. Beginning with January 2004 figures, these are categorized for statistical purposes as gross misdemeanors/misdemeanors.
3 A non-charge case is one opened for which no formal charges have been filed, such as for conducting one or more preliminary appearances prior to the filing of an information. If an information is subsequently filed, the case is counted as a juvenile offender case as of the date the information is filed.
4 Other pre-resolutions include dismissals/closures by clerk and uncontested resolutions.
5 Other pre-resolution hearings include pre-resolution/motion conferences, evidentiary hearings, not guilty plea hearings, continued prosecution hearings, dismissal hearings, pre-trial management hearings, warrant identification hearings, and omnibus hearings.
6 Guilty plea hearings include both guilty plea only and guilty plea and sentencing hearings.
7 Review hearings include financial review hearings and sentence conditions violation hearings.
8 Post-resolution hearings include other hearings.

 
 
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