Southwestern Indiana 11-County Cross-Section

Marijuana Arrests by Ranking County
(1995-1997)

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Marijuana Arrests By Rate 1995 - 1997
Ranking based on 1997 data
  1995 1996 1997 1995 to 1997
NAME TL AQ RATE TL AQ RATE TL AQ RATE RANK CHANGE RANK
                         
Indiana 9,727 0.94 167.62 11,134 1 190.62 12,294 1.02 209.65 NA 25.08% NA
                         
Decatur 73 1.28 292.06 134 1.95 532.65 178 2.38 704.81 1 141.33% 5
Jackson 171 2.77 428.79 185 2.65 460.89 198 2.29 491.35 2 14.59% 67
Jennings 49 1.42 190.38 61 1.41 235.48 95 1.35 365.3 3 91.88% 6
Morgan 77 0.95 125.12 161 2 259.92 204 2.28 328.05 4 162.19% 3
Howard 223 1.39 266.33 258 1.42 306.13 265 1.25 313.2 5 17.60% 63
Newton 29 1.42 203.42 55 2.2 383.3 44 1.56 305.45 6 50.15% 24
Blackford 10 0.46 71.53 12 0.77 85.29 41 2 290.29 7 305.82% 2
Marion 2,166 0.97 262.48 2,114 0.83 254.48 2,296 0.85 275.26 8 4.87% 71
Grant 185 1.06 248.56 215 1.08 286.99 207 0.91 275.23 9 10.73% 69
Johnson 195 1.14 194.18 279 1.67 276.03 267 1.54 263.13 10 35.51% 47
Fayette 59 1.48 221.15 67 1.4 249.51 70 1.26 259.66 11 17.42% 64
Randolph 45 0.92 164.34 54 1.21 195.93 71 1.54 256.61 12 56.15% 21
Carroll 19 1.16 96.62 32 2.02 161.67 50 1.63 251.64 13 160.44% 4
Bartholomew 112 1 167.08 141 1.18 208.98 167 1.24 246.54 14 47.56% 27
Clinton 49 0.91 150.34 61 1.05 185.95 81 1.33 245.95 15 63.60% 10
Porter 229 1.27 164.19 310 1.58 220.83 341 1.62 241.97 16 47.37% 28
Tippecanoe 194 0.76 143.05 366 1.21 268.12 325 1.02 237.15 17 65.79% 9
Benton 14 0.99 144.66 9 0.88 92.39 23 2.51 235.22 18 62.61% 11
Gibson 48 0.89 148.04 58 1.01 177.73 77 1.26 235.04 19 58.76% 16
Jay 32 1.03 144.72 28 0.83 125.81 52 1.18 232.76 20 60.83% 13
Henry 92 1.77 186.22 64 1.32 128.71 116 2.05 232.37 21 24.78% 56
Putnam 40 0.77 121.93 92 1.53 278.61 76 1.35 229.26 22 88.03% 7
Jefferson 49 1.02 159.06 60 1.18 193.5 71 1.22 228.09 23 43.40% 34
Madison 270 1.07 201.58 318 1.24 235.87 308 1.14 227.56 24 12.89% 68
Daviess 44 1.01 154.38 55 1.19 191.72 65 1.22 225.69 25 46.20% 29
St. Joseph 365 0.89 141.64 472 1.02 181.97 587 1.23 225.42 26 59.15% 15
Knox 69 1.28 170.69 72 1.29 176.96 91 1.27 222.79 27 30.52% 50
Miami 54 1.02 155.15 66 1.18 188.4 78 1.21 221.79 28 42.95% 36
Kosciusko 126 1.11 183.78 125 1.1 181.14 153 1.22 220.86 29 20.17% 62
Fulton 30 1.02 151.31 36 1.15 180.41 44 1.22 219.64 30 45.16% 31
Wayne 110 0.87 150.6 135 0.99 183.64 162 1.12 219.5 31 45.75% 30
Fountain 28 1.03 154.23 34 1.18 186.07 40 1.21 218.07 32 41.39% 39
Elkhart 224 0.71 135.39 331 0.92 198.76 364 0.92 217.72 33 60.81% 14
Rush 58 1.59 310.98 47 1.08 250.37 41 1.25 217.56 34 -30.04% 88
Monroe 156 0.98 135.84 207 1.22 179.08 248 1.34 213.71 35 57.32% 19
Hamilton 386 1.8 284.98 322 2.12 236.18 287 1.28 209.69 36 -26.42% 87
Delaware 155 0.69 128.84 204 1.02 168.47 254 1.36 208.94 37 62.17% 12
Noble 73 1.23 181.03 53 1.64 130.58 85 1.1 208.61 38 15.24% 66
Sullivan 28 1.03 143.83 33 1.15 168.42 41 1.22 208.44 39 44.92% 32
Lake 812 0.96 167.12 798 0.88 163.17 1,014 1.02 206.52 40 23.58% 60
Martin 21 1.44 196.72 18 1.26 167.54 22 1.17 203.99 41 3.69% 72
Washington 36 1.01 140.19 43 1.15 166.37 52 1.18 200.41 42 42.95% 35
Starke 31 1.02 137.59 37 1.15 163.15 45 1.18 197.66 43 43.66% 33
Pike 18 1.05 141.27 21 1.16 163.76 25 1.17 194.19 44 37.46% 43
De Kalb 46 0.78 121.56 59 0.96 154.91 73 1.1 190.93 45 57.06% 20
Lawrence 66 1.04 147.46 77 1.1 170.93 84 1.45 185.74 46 25.96% 54
Marshall 71 1.16 159.21 71 1 158.18 83 1.05 184.2 47 15.70% 65
Shelby 59 0.88 138.64 73 1.01 170.43 79 1.04 183.72 48 32.51% 49
Greene 48 1.09 147.59 56 1.16 171.07 60 1.08 182.58 49 23.71% 59
Franklin 26 1.04 133.16 30 1.14 152.66 36 1.14 182.47 50 37.04% 45
Vigo 158 0.76 146.17 281 1.01 258.28 199 0.62 182.2 51 24.64% 57
Union 9 1.07 122.57 9 1.02 121.77 13 1.19 175.2 52 42.95% 37
Allen 343 0.63 110.5 482 0.84 154.26 548 1 174.7 53 58.11% 17
Crawford 12 1.01 115.38 14 1.12 133.74 18 1.16 171.28 54 48.44% 26
Lagrange 39 1.08 123.8 43 1.14 135.61 54 1.15 169.64 55 37.03% 46
Clark 103 0.59 112.35 166 0.89 179.9 157 0.8 169.48 56 50.85% 23
Owen 23 1.04 118.59 26 1.12 133.19 33 1.14 168.39 57 41.99% 38
Posey 35 0.84 131.69 25 0.63 93.46 45 1.08 167.57 58 27.25% 53
Floyd 75 0.75 107.59 68 0.62 96.92 118 0.99 167.53 59 55.70% 22
Warren 10 1.05 120.89 11 1.11 132.12 14 1.14 167.5 60 38.56% 41
Parke 19 1.04 118.69 21 1.09 130.34 27 1.13 166.92 61 40.64% 40
Orange 23 1.06 120.96 25 1.1 130.62 32 1.13 166.55 62 37.69% 42
Brown 18 1.05 120.48 20 1.12 133.01 25 1.12 165.61 63 37.45% 44
Spencer 25 1.07 123.01 27 1.11 131.99 34 1.12 165.56 64 34.59% 48
Boone 53 0.86 128.41 36 1.2 86.66 67 0.97 160.65 65 25.11% 55
Vermillion 15 0.65 88.75 12 0.56 70.54 27 0.96 158.11 66 78.14% 8
Jasper 34 1.1 123.12 37 1.11 133.11 44 1.08 157.68 67 28.08% 52
Steuben 60 1 203.18 50 0.75 168.22 47 0.81 157.51 68 -22.48% 83
Tipton 21 0.87 127.33 25 0.96 150.61 26 0.95 156.03 69 22.54% 61
Whitley 36 0.86 122.88 43 0.95 145.82 45 0.94 152.01 70 23.71% 58
Dearborn 82 1.52 187.91 96 1.6 218.57 67 0.97 151.96 71 -19.14% 80
Scott 26 0.68 116.41 54 1.32 240.22 34 1.3 150.67 72 29.42% 51
Wabash 68 1.09 193.57 94 1.09 265.86 53 1.01 149.32 73 -22.86% 84
Huntington 4 0.12 10.89 16 0.43 43.28 55 1.38 148.19 74 1260.81% 1
Ripley 38 1.03 137.76 39 1.21 140.47 38 1.13 136.34 75 -1.03% 75
Dubois 65 1.14 168.76 54 0.93 139.29 53 0.91 136.18 76 -19.30% 81
Warrick 42 0.74 85.62 46 0.69 93.16 67 0.96 135.16 77 57.87% 18
Hancock 73 1.09 146.4 78 1.13 155.41 68 0.92 134.95 78 -7.82% 77
Montgomery 48 1.15 133.28 31 2.21 85.52 48 1.25 131.9 79 -1.04% 76
Hendricks 107 0.97 126.1 148 1.25 173.29 110 0.9 128.29 80 1.74% 73
Perry 26 0.82 135.66 26 0.75 134.79 24 0.64 123.94 81 -8.64% 78
Cass 30 0.47 77.2 43 0.76 109.93 45 0.62 114.59 82 48.45% 25
La Porte 163 0.65 147.38 126 0.5 113.19 126 0.47 112.75 83 -23.50% 85
Harrison 31 0.74 96.35 36 0.82 111.17 33 0.72 101.51 84 5.35% 70
Ohio 5 0.77 90.91 5 0.71 90.32 5 0.69 89.98 85 -1.03% 74
Clay 35 0.98 134.67 20 0.61 76.46 23 0.66 87.58 86 -34.97% 89
Wells 22 0.56 82.94 29 0.88 108.62 19 0.49 70.88 87 -14.53% 79
Adams 29 0.82 89.49 25 0.67 76.64 23 0.7 70.24 88 -21.51% 82
White 26 0.91 106.48 48 1.55 195.31 13 0.42 52.69 89 -50.52% 90
Vanderburgh 99 0.27 58.6 73 0.19 42.93 76 0.17 44.52 90 -24.03% 86
Pulaski 17 1.95 129.59 6 0.76 45.44 5 1.17 37.72 91 -70.89% 91
Switzerland 10 1.06 121.83 11 1.12 133.16 NR - - - - -
Notes:
NR: None Reported.
TL: Total Marijuana Arrests Reported.
AQ: Arrest Quotient. This indicator compares local marijuana arrests to national marijuana arrests in proportion to
all arrests. The AQ is produced through dividing the local percentage of marijuana arrests by the national percentage. A
value of 1.0 indicates that local marijuana arrests are the same percentage of all arrests as the are nationally. A value
of 2.0 indicates that local marijuana arrests are twice the percentage of local arrests as they are nationally. AQ values less than ts.
1.0 indicate that local marijuana arrests are less of a percentage of all local arrests than the national standard. A value
of .5 indicates that local marijuana arrests are one-half the percentage they represent of all national arrests.
RATE: Marijuana arrest rate per 100,000 population.
CHANGE: Percent change in arrest rate from 1995 to 1997.
Citation: Gettman, Jon B. (2000) "US Marijuana Arrests. Part One – County Level Data" Washington, D.C.:
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Original Data Source: Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data [United States]: County-Level Detailed Arrest And Offense Data,
[Computer files]. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and
Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999.
Web source:
http://norml.org/facts/arrestreport/

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