CJCJ Report - Disproportionate Arrests in San Francisco - April 29, 2015

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SAN FRANCISCO’S DISPROPORTIONATEARREST OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMENPERSISTS

Figure 1. San Francisco female arrestees, percent composed of African American women(2013)

6%30%

40%45%46%

48%49%

51%53%53%

57%66%

68%77%

Female populationMarijuana (felony)All misdemeanors

All offensesAssault (felony)Violent felonies

Property feloniesTraffic violations

Drug Offenses (felony)All felonies

Robbery (felony)Prostitution

Narcotics (felony)

Weapons (felony)



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Figure 2. San Francisco female arrest rates per 100,000 population, African Americanwomen v. women of all other races (2013)

Figure 3. Disparity in female black-vs-nonblack arrest rates, San Francisco versuselsewhere in California (2013)

345.4

416.1

491.1

528.5

753.2

778.2

3,454.0

3,620.5

7,074.5

11.1

12.4

27.1

31.3

47.8

51.4

188.7

337.5

526.2

Prostitution

Narcotics

Drug feloniesTraffic violations

Property Offenses

Violent felonies

All felonies

Misdemeanors

All offenses

Nonblack Black

1.1

2.4

3.1

3.1

4.7

4.1

3.5

1.8

3.3

10.2

3.5

3.7

4.9

6.9

10.7

13.4

15.115.8

16.9

18.1

18.3

21.0

33.5

53.7

Dangerous drugs

Marijuana

Misdemeanors

All offenses

Violent feloniesProperty felonies

Traffic offenses

Drug felonies

Felonies

Robbery

Narcotics

Weapons

San Francisco Rest of California



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Figure 4. Disparity in San Francisco arrests as a percent of female population, AfricanAmerican women v. women of other races (1980-2013)

Figure 5. San Francisco female arrests as a percent of female population, African Americanwomen v. women of other races (1980-2013)

4.1 4.65.8

4.3

7.2

10.411.7

12.5

14.7 14.0 13.4

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013

Disparity

7.1%8.4%

11.9%

8.4%

12.4%

8.4%

11.3%

16.5%

14.3%

11.3%12.7%

8.5%7.1%

1.7%2.6%

2.0% 1.8% 2.3% 1.4% 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 0.5%

1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2013

Black women All other races, women



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References

Please note : Each year, every county submits their data to the official statewide databases maintained by appointedgovernmental bodies. While every effort is made to review data for accuracy and to correct information upon revision,CJCJ is not responsible for data reporting errors made by the county or state.

http://www.cjcj.org/

http://www.dof.ca.gov/research/demographic/data/

https://oag.ca.gov/crime/cjsc/stats/arrests

http://www.cjcj.org/uploads/cjcj/documents/Drug_Policy_2012_in_SF.pdf



http://www.cjcj.org/news/5229

https://www.aclunc.org/publications/department-denial-san-francisco-police-departments-failure-address-racial-profiling



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Appendix Table 1. San Francisco female arrests, African American as a percent of allarrests, and disparity (ratio) in arrest rate of black vs. nonblack women, 2013

Female arrests (all ages), 2013, offenses rankedby percent comprised of black females

Black female arrests aspercent of all female arrests

Ratio, arrest rateBlack vs. nonblack

Black as percent of female population 5.8% 1.0

Black female arrests as percent of all female arrests by offense:Arson 80.0% 64.4Weapons (felony) 76.9% 53.7Weapons (misd) 75.0% 48.3Narcotics(felony) 67.6% 33.5Kidnapping 66.7% 32.2Prostitution (misd) 65.9% 31.1Other Drugs (felony) 62.2% 26.5Other Felonies 59.8% 23.9Other Offenses (felonies) 58.7% 22.9Robbery 56.6% 21.0

Theft 54.6% 19.4All felonies 53.2% 18.3Drug felonies 52.9% 18.1Burglary 51.6% 17.1Selected Traffic Violations 51.2% 16.9Malicious Mischief 50.0% 16.1Dangerous Drugs (felony) 50.0% 16.1Liquor Laws 50.0% 16.1Failure to Appear Non-Traffic 49.8% 16.0Property felonies 49.5% 15.8Forgery / Checks / Access Cards 48.6% 15.2Violent felonies 48.4% 15.1Assault (felony) 46.0% 13.7All offenses 45.5% 13.4Other Misdemeanors 44.2% 12.7All misdemeanors 40.0% 10.7Assault and Battery 35.1% 8.7Hit and Run 33.3% 8.1Manslaughter Vehicular 33.3% 8.1Drunk 32.8% 7.9Marijuana (felony) 30.0% 6.9

Petty Theft 28.8% 6.5Lewd Conduct 28.6% 6.4Other Theft 27.8% 6.2Motor Vehicle Theft 27.1% 6.0Trespassing 26.3% 5.8Hit and Run 25.0% 5.4Dangerous Drugs (misd) 23.4% 4.9Vandalism 21.1% 4.3Disturbing the Peace 14.3% 2.7



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Female arrests (all ages), 2013, offenses rankedby percent comprised of black females

Black female arrests aspercent of all female arrests

Ratio, arrest rateBlack vs. nonblack

Disorderly Conduct 11.5% 2.1Driving Under the Influence (felony) 11.3% 2.1Driving Under the Influence (misd) 8.3% 1.5Other Drugs (felony) 0.0% 0.0

Burglary Tools 0.0% 0.0Glue Sniffing 0.0% 0.0

Appendix Table 2. Disparity in San Francisco black-vs-nonblack female arrest disparitiesversus the rest of California, 2013

Females Racial arrest rate disparity Black vs. nonblack arrest rate disparityOffense San Francisco vs rest of CA San Francisco Rest of CAAll offenses 4.3 13.4 3.1Felonies 5.6 18.3 3.3Violent felonies 3.2 15.1 4.7

Robbery 2.1 21.0 10.2Assault 3.3 13.7 4.1

Property felonies 3.8 15.8 4.1Drug felonies 10.1 18.1 1.8

Narcotics 9.5 33.5 3.5Marijuana 2.8 6.9 2.4Dangerous drugs 4.5 4.9 1.1

Weapons 14.4 53.7 3.7Misdemeanors 3.5 10.7 3.1Traffic offenses 4.9 16.9 3.5Status Offenses n.a. n.a. 2.0

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