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Jim Frabutt, Ph.D. M.J. Gathings, M.A. Candidate These efforts are supported by Project Safe Neighborhoods funding (Award #2002-GP-CX-0220) through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. For additional information about this presentation, please contact
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Jim Frabutt, Ph.D. M.J. Gathings, M.A. Candidate These efforts are supported by Project Safe Neighborhoods funding (Award #2002-GP-CX-0220) through the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. For additional information about this presentation, please contact James M. Frabutt, Ph.D., 41 McNutt Building, UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402 (336-334-5826) or by email: jmfrabut@uncg.edu. October 2005 The Center for Youth, Family, and Community Partnerships at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is the Project Safe Neighborhoods Research Partner for the United States Attorney’s Office, Middle District of North Carolina.
Violent Incident Data • Cabarrus County Sheriff, Kannapolis Police Department, and Concord Police Department shared crime data • Focus offenses (homicide, aggravated assault, robbery and felony gun charges) committed in each respective jurisdiction • Timeframe: between January 2004 and June 2005.
Offender Demographics – Sheriff’s Dept. • Race • Caucasian 155 (57.6%) • African American 80 (29.7%) • American Indian 1 (0.4%) • Unknown 33 (12.3%) • Sex • Male 210 (78.1%) • Female 41 (15.2%) • Unknown 18 (6.7%) • Average age of known offender = 28.0 years
Offender Demographics – cont. • 31.2% of offenders arrested by Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Department reported a Concord address at the time of arrest. • 6.7% reported a Midland address at time of arrest. • 5.2% reported a Mt. Pleasant address. • 4.5% reported a Kannapolis address.
Violent Offenses – Sheriff’s Dept. • 5 homicides, including non-negligent manslaughter offenses (2%) • 221 assault offenses (82%) • 32 robbery offenses (12%) • 11 offenses were sexual in nature (4%)
Offender Demographics – Kannapolis PD • By race • African American 169 (53.0%) • Caucasian 132 (41.4%) • Asian 1 (0.3%) • Unknown 17 (5.3%) • By sex • Male 280 (87.8%) • Female 28 (8.8%) • Unknown 11 (3.4%) • Average age of known offender = 27.5 years
Offender Demographics – cont. • 54.9% of offenders arrested in Kannapolis reported a Kannapolis address at the time of arrest. • 6.6% reported a Concord address at time of arrest. • 3.8% reported a Salisbury address.
Victim Demographics – Kannapolis PD • By race • Caucasian 141 (42.0%) • African American 72 (21.4%) • Asian 3 (0.9%) • By sex • Male 123 (36.6%) • Female 93 (27.7%) • Unknown 120 (35.7%) • Average age of victim = 32.7 years
Offender Demographics – Concord PD • Race • African American 205 (55.7%) • Caucasian 135 (36.7%) • American Indian 1 (0.3%) • Unknown 27 (7.3%) • Sex • Male 321 (87.2%) • Female 33 (9.0%) • Unknown 14 (3.8%) • Average age of known offender = 25.1 years