Demographics Of Domestic Violence In Colorado — 2001

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The fiscal year 2001 statistics for the Colorado courts for domestic violence charges, with associated mandatory restraining orders, are given in Table 32, with a total of 15,225, and civil restraining orders are tabulated in Table 30, totaling 12,467, for a combined total of 27,692, up over 1,800 (7%) from the previous year. These tables are compiled by the State Court Administrator's Office and are available from the Colorado State Court Web site and are combined and presented here in Table 43.

Table 43: Number of restraining orders, domestic violence cases, and divorce rate in the State of Colorado in fiscal 2001 by judicial district and county.
Judicial district Colorado Counties	2001 Census	Restraining orders	Domestic violence¹	Restraining orders %²	Percent of population	Orders per 10,000 people				Divorces per 10,000³
Judicial district Colorado Counties	2001 Census	Restraining orders	Domestic violence¹	Restraining orders %²	Percent of population	1998	1999	2000	2001	Divorces per 10,000³
First Gilpin and Jefferson	535,789 total	1,552	1,188	9.9%	13.9%	44	43	44	51	60
Second Denver (not included in totals)	554,446	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	56
Third Huerfano and Las Animas	23,186 total	135	140	1.0%	0.6%	82	124	127	119	63
Fourth El Paso and Teller	554,853 total	2,249	3,459	20.8%	14.4%	140	114	107	103	72
Fifth Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit	84,371 total	158	412	2.1%	2.2%	27	75	66	68	42
Sixth Archuleta, La Plata, and San Juan	56,402 total	250	305	2.0%	1.5%	56	83	86	98	56
Seventh Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel	88,573 total	550	312	3.1%	2.3%	108	89	95	97	64
Eighth Jackson and Larimer	261,061 total	507	978	5.4%	6.8%	42	38	42	57	54
Ninth Garfield, Pitkin, and Rio Blanco	66,276 total	202	361	2.0%	1.7%	68	76	78	85	64
Tenth Pueblo	144,955	852	984	6.6%	3.8%	56	92	121	127	61
Eleventh Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park	83,002 total	274	367	2.3%	2.2%	51	82	69	77	60
Twelfth Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	46,223 total	211	271	1.7%	1.2%	80	113	131	104	64
Thirteenth Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma	78,137 total	208	274	1.7%	2.0%	61	61	64	62	56
Fourteenth Grand, Moffat, and Routt	46,120 total	103	183	1.0%	1.2%	44	45	45	62	62
Fifteenth Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers	22,442 total	61	111	0.6%	0.6%	84	80	79	77	67
Sixteenth Bent, Crowley, and Otero	31,289 total	225	294	1.9%	0.8%	93	131	136	163	72
Seventeenth Adams	374,891	1,242	1,206	8.8%	9.7%	53	67	62	65	53
Eighteenth Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln	727,910 total	2,229	1,581	13.8%	18.8%	N/A	46	49	52	54
Nineteenth Weld	194,949	556	1,197	6.3%	5.1%	97	88	101	90	51
Twentieth Boulder	297,686	538	859	5%	7.7%	25	48	51	47	52
Twenty first Mesa	119,281	267	615	3.2%	3.1%	75	62	69	74	78
Twenty second Dolores and Montezuma	25,872 total	98	128	0.8%	0.7%	54	55	65	87	70
Totals (minus Denver)	3,863,268	12,467	15,225			Av 62 M 67 SD28	Av 67 M 77 SD27	Av 69 M 80 SD30	Av 72 M 84 SD29	Av 59 M 61 SD 8
County populations: U.S. Census Bureau Restraining orders and divorces: Colorado State Court Tables 16, 30, & 32.						Av 62 M 67 SD28	Av 67 M 77 SD27	Av 69 M 80 SD30	Av 72 M 84 SD29	Av 59 M 61 SD 8
Notes: 1. A restraining order is mandated by law C.R.S. § 18-1-1001. 2. Average is from the sum of civil and criminal restraining orders (27,692) divided by the state population minus Denver City and County. 3. Divorces includes all dissolutions, legal separations, and invalid marriage.						Av —Statewide average M —Mean of judicial districts SD — Standard deviation of judicial districts

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The mean number of civil and criminal restraining orders for 2001 is 72 per 10,000 residents for twenty-one of the twenty-two Colorado judicial districts with a standard deviation of 29 (Table 43).

In terms of the rate of restraining orders, the Third, Fourth, Tenth, Twelfth, and Sixteenth judicial districts lead the state for the year 2001 with 119, 103, 127, 104, and 163 restraining orders per 10,000 citizens respectively.

Comparison of domestic violence and abuse with other misdemeanors in 2001

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Table 44 is a continuing attempt to see where and whether restraining orders and domestic violence correlate with other societal problems. The implicit assumption in Table 44 is that domestic violence is associated with other social problems such as alcoholism, drug use, etc. For example, underage alcohol abuse and drug use would be associated with abusive or broken homes, and that Joe Six Pack likely gets into other kinds of trouble, e.g., bar brawls, for which he is arrested as well.

Table 44: Selected misdemeanor filings in the Colorado courts for 2001. Number of filings per 10,000 citizens.
Judicial district Colorado Counties	2001 Census	Domestic Violence	Underage Alcohol Offenses	Drugs	Offense Against Persons	Offense Against Property	Fraud
First Gilpin and Jefferson	535,789 total	22	11	12	14	8	5
Second Denver (not included in totals)	554,446	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Third Huerfano and Las Animas	23,186 total	60	95	27	50	55	0
Fourth El Paso and Teller	554,853 total	62	23	28	25	13	5
Fifth Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, Summit	84,371 total	49	53	34	31	28	5
Sixth Archuleta, La Plata, San Juan	56,402 total	54	31	37	24	10	1
Seventh Delta, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel	88,573 total	35	31	35	20	12	6
Eighth Jackson and Larimer	261,061 total	38	50	25	25	16	2
Ninth Garfield, Pitkin, Rio Blanco	66,276 total	55	50	19	22	17	2
Tenth Pueblo	144,955	68	22	9	21	12	7
Eleventh Chaffee, Custer, Fremont, Park	83,002 total	44	35	21	27	13	36
Twelfth Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	46,223 total	59	31	44	37	24	32
Thirteenth Kit Carson, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, and Yuma	78,137 total	35	34	28	18	7	13
Fourteenth Grand, Moffat, and Routt	46,120 total	40	76	52	32	18	9
Fifteenth Baca, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers	22,442 total	50	70	23	12	11	77
Sixteenth Bent, Crowley, and Otero	31,289 total	94	86	25	42	25	2
Seventeenth Adams	374,891	32	6	7	12	4	0
Eighteenth Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln	727,910 total	22	27	14	10	10	0
Nineteenth Weld	194,949	61	26	15	19	12	6
Twentieth Boulder	297,686	29	60	18	24	23	1
Twenty first Mesa	119,281	52	28	53	30	18	2
Twenty second Dolores and Montezuma	25,872 total	50	34	18	37	21	8
Statewide average (minus Denver) Mean of 21 judicial districts Std. deviation of 21 judicial districts		Av 39 M 48 SD 17	Av 29 M 42 SD 24	Av 20 M 26 SD 13	Av 19 M 25 SD 10	Av 13 M 17 SD 11	Av 5 M 10 SD 18
County populations: U.S. Census Bureau Misdemeanors: Colorado State Court Table 32

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Demographics Of Domestic Violence In Colorado — 2001

Table 43: Number of restraining orders, domestic violence cases, and divorce rate in the State of Colorado in fiscal 2001 by judicial district and county.

Comparison of domestic violence and abuse with other misdemeanors in 2001

Table 44: Selected misdemeanor filings in the Colorado courts for 2001. Number of filings per 10,000 citizens.