The new methodology allows additional time for data entry and results in more accurate offender counts. Also, the criteria for being included in the community population counts has changed several times during the period covered by this report. Local Control: This population began on January 1, 1997 with the implementation of Senate Bill 1145. This law places offenders with incarceration sentences of 12 months or fewer under local jurisdiction. Locally appointed supervisory authorities move offenders serving a local control sentence among incarceration and community sanction alternatives.
Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2008 — Statistical Tables May 2011