Reporting of Sexual Assault in Arizona, CY 2008-2009. Statistical Analysis Center Publication

摘要

Arizona Revised Statute (A.R.S.) 41-2406.B, which became law in July 2005, requires the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) to maintain information retrieved from disposition reporting forms submitted to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) on sexual assault (A.R.S. 13-1406), sexual assault of a spouse (previously repealed A.R.S. 13-1406.01), and the false reporting of sexual assault involving a spouse (A.R.S. 13-2907.03). Utilizing these data, ACJC is mandated to provide an annual report summarizing this information to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house, the secretary of state, and the director of the Arizona state library, archives, and public records. According to statute, the report is to contain information from disposition reporting forms including the total number of police reports, charges, convictions, and sentences for sexual assault and the number of police reports, charges, convictions and sentences for sexual assault involving a spouse, including whether or not the victim and the victims spouse were estranged at the time of the assault. Additionally, the report is to contain the number of charges, convictions, and sentences for false reporting of sexual assault involving a spouse. The arrest charges, convictions, and sentencing data come from an extract of the Arizona Computerized Criminal History (ACCH) record system provided by DPS to ACJC in January 2011. The ACCH repository is populated with arrest and disposition reporting form information submitted to DPS by local law enforcement, prosecuting attorneys, and the courts. This report focuses on data from calendar year 2009 and updates data reported in The Reporting of Sexual Assault in Arizona: 2008 report.