2009 Kitsap County Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

SUPERIOR COURT
Desired Outcomes:
A) Achievement of statewide goals for timely disposition in criminal felony, civil and domestic relations
cases.
B) Ages of pending criminal felony, civil and domestic relations cases within the goals for timely
disposition. 2
Performance Measures:
(Note: The letter in the first column refers to its related Desired Program Outcome)
Criminal Felony Cases
Standard 90% - 4 months 98% - 6 months 100% - 9 months
Thurston County (2008) 80.05% 88.82% 93.75%
Kitsap County (2008) 73.48% 82.58% 87.70% 3
Clark County (2008) 71.37% 83.75% 92.48%
State Average (2008) 62.57% 75.60% 85.86%
Yakima County (2008) 55.79% 66.01% 76.33%
Civil Cases
Standard 90% - 12 months 98% - 18 months 100% - 24 months
Thurston County (2008) 95.05% 96.82% 97.95%
State Average (2008) 91.01% 95.17% 97.38%
Clark County (2008) 89.45% 92.47% 95.64%
Yakima County (2008) 85.64% 89.98% 94.49%
Kitsap County (2008) 82.60% 92.74% 95.95%
Domestic Relations Cases
Standard 90% - 10 months 98% - 14 months 100% - 18 months
Thurston County (2008) 79.53% 87.52% 93.00%
State Average (2008) 72.25% 81.53% 87.35%
Kitsap County (2008) 67.15% 74.44% 85.19%
Yakima County (2008) 56.75% 63.09% 69.11%
Clark County (2008) 44.50% 50.06% 55.00%
Program Notes:
1. On October 15, 2008, the Administrative Office of the Courts implemented a new data warehouse and data querying tool for
use by local courts. Data to analyze (B) above has been heretofore unavailable to accurately monitor. This new tool should
support better and more uniform methods for analyzing this measure in the future.
2. On average, 6-8% of criminal cases are resolved through the Adult Drug Court, a substance abuse treatment alternative
that, by design, requires a minimum of 18 months for successful completion. Adult drug court cases remain in “pending” status
throughout the duration of the program, and cases are only resolved when participants graduate. The Criminal Felony case
statistics presented above include the extended length of these cases in the Court’s overall performance measures.
V. Program Overview
Program:
Description:
Adult Drug Court
This program is a judicially supervised, treatment based alternative for adults who are charged with certain
eligible felony crimes and facing criminal prosecution. The program offers a non-traditional and individualized
treatment for chemical dependency as an alternative to criminal prosecution.
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