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1. 2008 Maine Crime and Justice Data Book March, 2009 Muskie School of Public Service

2. Purpose of the Data Book • Presents a portrait of crime and justice trends • using the most recent data available for Maine. • Produced in collaboration with • Maine Department of Corrections, • Maine Department of Public Safety, • Maine Judicial Branch, • Maine Criminal Justice Commission

3. Data Sources • All reported crime, arrests, and clearance rates from the Maine Department of Public Safety’s annual Crime in Maine publication; • Court data provided by the Maine Administrative Office of the Courts; • Corrections data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Maine Department of Corrections and; • Recidivism data from the Maine Department of Corrections.

4. Chapters • Index Crimes • Arrests and Clearances • Courts and Corrections • Maine’s Adult and Juvenile Recidivism Outcomes* * New Chapter

5. Index Crimes in Maine Index Crimes = Violent Crimes (murder, including non-negligent manslaughter; forcible rape; robbery; and aggravated assault) and Property Crimes (burglary; larceny-theft; motor vehicle theft; arson).

6. Limitations • Crime Data is two years old • Descriptive in nature, not explanatory • Cannot answer why certain crimes are rising or falling.

7. Violent Crimes • Maine’s violent crime rate continues to be four times below the national average. • For the first time, Maine’s rate of rape matches the national average of 30 per 100,000 people. • The rate of domestic violence assaults in Maine increased (3.9% between 2006 and 2007) 49.7% between 1998 and 2007.

8. Property Crimes • Property crime comprised 94.7% of all index crimes in Maine in 2007 • the highest proportion in the country. • Property crime in Maine declined 11.6% between 1998 and 2007. • During this time, all categories of property crime except arson declined.

9. Arrests and Clearances in Maine

10. Arrests: Drugs • Over the last decade, arrests for drug abuse violations have increased 23.2%. • More than three quarters (78.3%) of all drug arrests involved possession violations

11. Arrests: Females • For the 10th consecutive year, there was an increase in arrests of females. • In 2007, females represented 25.2% of all arrests of adults in Maine • the highest percentage recorded.

12. Courts and Corrections

13. Adult Incarcerations

14. Increase in Prison Population • The number of female prisoners increased 141.3% from 1998 to 2007. • The overall prison population increased 31.4% in this time.

15. Lowest State Expenditures 2007

16. Maine’s Adult and Juvenile Recidivism Outcomes

17. Adult Probation Recidivism Rates • The One-Year Recidivism Rate of Maine probationers has not increased significantly over the past three years. One-Year Recidivism Rates by Risk Category and Cohort

18. Re-incarceration • Overall, 58.1% of prisoners released in 2004 have been re-incarcerated. • Average time to re-incarceration was less than 2 years. • The time to re-incarceration was shorter for males (462 days) than for females (582 days).

19. Juvenile Recidivism • The recidivism rate for the 2005 juvenile cohort was 27%. • Among the eight states that use a similar definition of recidivism (i.e. “re-adjudication” of a previously adjudicated youth), the collective recidivism rate for these states was 33% in 2005, 6% higher than Maine’s rate (27%).

20. The Maine Crime and Justice Data Book was produced to further the SAC’s mission to provide criminal justice information to the general public and policy makers in Maine. All data are available on the Maine Statistical Analysis Center Website on March 31, 2009 at: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/justiceresearch