Court Commitments to Massachusetts County Facilities During 1989

• NCJ Number: 137257
• Author(s): L K Holt; S Twyman
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 59 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This statistical description of the 13,117 offenders committed by the courts to Massachusetts county correctional facilities in 1989 covers information on the institution committed to, court committed from, month of commitment, offense, sentence length, sentence type, age, sex, race, marital status, education, place of birth, and residence.

Abstract

The findings show that the number of commitments represented a 12-percent increase over commitments made the previous year. In a breakdown of general categories of offenses, 11 percent of offenders committed personal crimes, 2 percent sex offenses, 26 percent property offenses, 14 percent drug offenses, 19 percent operating under the influence, and 28 percent all other offenses. The median sentence length in 1989 was 3 months; 15 percent of offenders were incarcerated in lieu of a fine, while 1 percent served only weekend sentences. The typical offender incarcerated in a county facility was 27 years old, white, single, born in Massachusetts, and had attained a 12th grade educational level. 3 appendixes