Monday 7 December 2015

Embarrassed by Your Crime? How a Criminal Defense Lawyer in Florida Can Help


When an arrest record is expunged, it is physically destroyed and removed from most electronic databases. This means that arrest records, booking information, mugshots, fingerprint files, and court documents are no longer searchable by the public or the majority of law enforcement agencies. 

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Wednesday 28 October 2015

Florida to Ease Up on Marijuana Use in South Florida


On August 26, 2015, news broke in the press that the Florida legislation was approved for the marijuana initiative, which has been ongoing for years. Of course, this news must have pleased all the advocates of the initiative who have been fighting for this, but it still seems that there is much more work to be done. Read More at http://criminalattorneymiami.net/florida-to-ease-up-on-marijuana-use-in-south-florida/


Wednesday 22 July 2015

Property Crime In Florida 1994 – 2014


Property Crime includes Burglary, Larceny, and Motor Vehicle Theft. In Florida property crime regularly decrease between 1994 – 2014 which is shown in the figure below.


The Crime rate is calculated in per 100000 population. Florida population increased 40.6% between 1994 - 2014 twenty years period and crime rate is significantly decreased in both the numbers (40.2%, from 973,040 offenses in 1994 to 582,073 in 2014) and rate (57.4%, from 7,010.9 in 1994 to 2,983.9 in 2014).

Property Crime in Florida, 1994 - 2014
Year
Population
Burglary
Larceny
Motor
Vehicle
Theft
Total
Property
Crime
% Change
in Number
Property
Crime Rate
per 100,000
Rate
Change
1994
13,878,905
 233,006
 617,195 
 122,839 
 973,040 
 1.9 
 7,010.9 
 -0.1 
1995
14,149,317
 213,050
 605,751 
 109,610 
 928,411 
 -4.6 
 6,561.5 
 -6.4 
1996
14,411,563
 219,056
 605,448 
 103,769 
 928,273 
 -0.01 
 6,441.2 
 -1.8 
1997
14,712,922
 214,894
 599,190
 108,872 
 922,956 
 -0.6 
 6,273.1 
 -2.6 
1998
15,000,475
 202,559
 578,774
 104,094
 885,427
 -4.1
 5,902.7
 -5.9
1999
15,322,040
 180,785
 532,462 
 92,243 
 805,490 
 -9.0 
 5,257.1
 -10.9 
2000
15,982,378
 170,131
 509,616 
 87,920 
 767,667 
 -4.7 
 4,803.2 
 -8.6 
2001
16,331,739
 175,671
 515,501 
 89,797 
 780,969 
 1.7 
 4,781.9 
 -0.4 
2002
16,674,608
 176,058
 508,213
 87,979
 772,250 
 -1.1 
 4,631.3
 -3.1 
2003
17,071,508
 170,577
 505,266 
 81,536 
 757,379 
 -1.9 
 4,436.5 
 -4.2 
2004
17,516,732
 166,255
 482,243
 78,295
 726,793
 -4.0
 4,149.1
 -6.5
2005
17,918,227
 164,777
 472,257
 75,204
 712,238
 -2.0
 3,974.9
 -4.2
2006
18,349,132
 170,733
 473,281
 76,411
 720,425
 1.1
 3,926.2
 -1.2
2007
18,680,367
 181,574
 490,044
 73,582
 745,200
 3.4
 3,989.2
 1.6
2008
18,807,219
 188,159
 506,237
 63,437
 757,833
 1.7
 4,029.5
 1.0
2009
18,750,483
 181,658
 479,282
 50,204
 711,144
-6.2
 3,792.7
 -5.9
2010
18,771,768
169,000
458,179
41,433
668,612
-6.0
3,561.8
-6.1
2011
18,905,048
170,223
461,455
39,619
671,297
 0.4
3,550.9
-0.3
2012
19,074,434
153,335
441,369
37,275
631,979
-5.9
3,313.2
-6.7
2013
19,259,543
138,668
443,367
34,867
606,902
-4.0
3,151.2
-4.9
2014
19,507,369
120,963
424,999
36,111
582,073
-4.1
2,983.9
-5.3
SOURCE: Florida Statistical Analysis Center:  FDLE (1994-2014). Crime in Florida, Florida uniform crime report [Computer program]. Tallahassee, FL.

The Above table shows the no. of crime according to the year with different types of crime during the year between 1994 – 2014. The above table also show us the continuously decreased crime rate during the 20 years period.   Source:

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