District Attorney Dashboard
Introducing Our Dashboard
Welcome to the Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office’s Data Dashboards. These data dashboards contain easy to digest graphs based on statistics gathered from publicly available data. I hope that my office and all our partners in the criminal justice system can use this information to show what is working and to dedicate ourselves to what needs to be improved to make Jefferson County as safe and fair as it can be. There is no reason to keep this to ourselves, we hope this this information can help the Public understand what is happening in the criminal justice system.
Key Dashboard Takeaways
Where We Are Doing Well
We have made an effort to take less time to make a charging decision after cases are referred to the office. The whole system works better if we do that as soon as we can.Explore Case Filing →Where We Can Improve
There are a large number of cases for driving without driver’s licenses in Jefferson County. The District Attorney’s Office is working with other Justice partners to decrease the numbers of these cases. We partnering with an organization that works with individuals to get their licenses back.Explore Misdemeanor Charges Filed →What Is Next
All of this data is interesting, but to fully understand the prosecution process requires looking at ways to use this data to improve our performance. We are trying to better understand what works best to reduce recidivism. The first step is to look at the numbers and see if we can gain some insight.
Key Dates in Wisconsin's Criminal Justice System
When exploring the Jefferson County DA Dashboard, there are important law and policy changes and events to account for. When interpreting this dashboard, consider whether these changes could explain a sudden change in the data.
Evidence-Based Decisions Making
Wisconsin implements evidence-based decision making program to establish and test the application of evidence-based practices to criminal justice decisions, with the goal of achieving measurable reductions in pretrial misconduct and post-conviction risk of reoffending.
Marsy's Law
Voters approve an amendment to the Wisconsin Constitution that adds 17 specific rights for crime victims to the state constitution. The amendment includes rights to privacy, timely notice of release, full restitution from the accused, and notification of all proceedings of a criminal case upon request.
This dashboard was created through the collaboration of the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, Loyola University Chicago's Center for Criminal Justice, Mindful Metrics, and the Prosecutorial Performance Indicators. The goal of the dashboard is to ensure that the general public has access to data about the review and prosecution of criminal cases in Jefferson County. This project has been supported by Microsoft and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
