Guideline Application Frequencies

Bullet Guideline Application Frequencies for Fiscal Year 2007. The following two comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during Fiscal Year 2007. The first table, Use of Guidelines and Specific Offense Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2007, details the use, during this fiscal year, of each guideline, alternative base offense level, and Specific Offense Characteristic (SOC). The second table, Chapter Three Adjustments, Fiscal Year 2007, provides the number and percentage of Chapter Three adjustments for each guideline.

Bullet Guideline Application Frequencies for Fiscal Year 2006. The following two comprehensive data tables provide information on guideline application during Fiscal Year 2006. The first table, Use of Guidelines and Specific Offense Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2006, details the use, during this fiscal year, of each guideline, alternative base offense level, and Specific Offense Characteristic (SOC). The second table, Chapter Three Adjustments, Use of Specific Offense Characteristics, Upward Departures and Trial Rates: Fiscal Year 2006, provides the number and percentage of cases involving the use of the pertinent guideline sections.

Bullet Guideline Application Frequencies for Fiscal Year 2005. The materials contained herein are basically two comprehensive data tables. The first, entitled Use of Guidelines and Specific Offense Characteristics: Fiscal Year 2005, details the use of each guideline, alternative base offense level, and Specific Offense Characteristic (SOC) in Fiscal Year 2005. The second, entitled Chapter Three Adjustments, Use of Specific Offense Characteristics, Upward Departures and Trial Rates: Fiscal Year 2005, gives the number and percentage of cases involving the use of the pertinent guidelines sections. The statistics are in three sections: the o