Family violence in Georgia : a comparative analysis, 2013-2017

FAMILY VIOLENCE IN GEORGIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
2013-2017
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS
About this Report..........................................................................................2 Navigating this Report.........................................................................2-3 A New Approach................................................................................3-4
Population Density.....................................................................................5-6 Tiers...................................................................................................5 Map...................................................................................................6
Data Analysis...........................................................................................7-20 Family Violence Incidents.....................................................................7-8 Fatalities.............................................................................................9-10 Police Action Taken..........................................................................11-12 Children............................................................................................13-14 Substance Use...................................................................................15-16 Firearms............................................................................................17-18 Temporary Protective Orders.............................................................19-20
Key Takeaways...........................................................................................21-26 Tier One................................................................................................21 Tier Two.................................................................................................22 Tier Three..............................................................................................23 Tier Four.................................................................................................24 Tier Five..................................................................................................25 Tier Six...................................................................................................26
Data Sources....................................................................................................27 Acknowledgements..........................................................................................28 Citations............................................................................................................29 Appendix.....................................................................................................30-36
ABOUT OUR AGENCY
The Georgia Commission on Family Violence (GCFV) is a state agency created by the Georgia General Assembly in 1992 to develop a comprehensive state plan for ending family violence in Georgia. The mission of GCFV is to provide leadership to end family violence by promoting safety, ensuring accountability, and improving justice for generations to come.
Charged with the study and evaluation of needs, priorities, programs, policies, and accessibility of services relating to family violence in Georgia, GCFV is led by 37 appointed Commissioners and a staff of eight. GCFV is administratively attached to the Georgia Department of Community Supervision.
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ABOUT THIS REPORT
GCFV provides evidence-based reports to make family violence data accessible and usable to key stakeholders across the state. In 2020, GCFV published 11 reports detailing specific trends statewide and in each of Georgia's 10 judicial districts, based on rates of occurrence of family violence in Georgia from 2013-20171. This report builds upon those, using other methods of analysis which allow stakeholders to look deeper into the data and reveal new relationships between variables associated with family violence response.
This report contains aggregate data for the state of Georgia organized by population density, allowing comparisons between similarly populated geographic areas statewide. It also contains an examination of relationships between factors in reported incidents of family violence, such as the presence of Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) and police action taken. In-depth analysis of the relationships between these and other factors, reveals unique strengths and challenges present in similarly populated communities within Georgia. The goal of this type of analysis is to gauge the success of past recommendations for systemic change in response to family violence, as well as to develop best practices from emerging data.
This report also provides analysis of domestic violence-related fatal incidents in Georgia. GCFV has studied the circumstances surrounding these tragic events since 2004, using the data to inform best practices in reducing domestic violence-related homicide, suicide, and murder-suicide statewide. Data about fatal domestic violence-related incidents and family violence incidents capture different sets of relationships between victim and offender , though some overlap exists. Accordingly, in this report "family violence" (FV) will refer to incidents between family members (e.g. spouses, parents, siblings) and "domestic violence" (DV) will refer to incidents between current or former romantic partners (e.g. spouses, boyfriends/girlfriends, parents of the same children).
NAVIGATING THIS REPORT
To best navigate this report, use the table on page five and the map on page six to identify the population tier you live or work in. The tier number and color associated with your local area will allow you to locate data and analysis specific to your county, by population tier.
Maps are included in each section of the data analysis. To best use them, refer to the first column in the legend adjacent to each map to ascertain the scale and color scheme used. Maps that include per capita rates are calculated per 100,000 people, using 2017 population estimates. Except as noted, in maps featuring a purple color scheme, darker color represents negative outcomes for victim safety and offender accountability, while lighter color represents positive outcomes. Similarly, for maps in blue, darker colors represent a higher percentage of incidents with the given indicator, while lighter colors represents lower percentages.
The percentile rankings on the right-hand side of each map's legend, relay the distribution of percentages and per capita rates throughout the state for each indicator. The 50th percentile represents the median of the set, meaning that 50% of Georgia's 159 counties fall at or below this number. Correspondingly, the 10th percentile marks the number at which 10% of the counties fall at or below the number, and the 90th percentile denotes the 90% correspondent.
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In a normal distribution, the median and mean (or average) of each set of numbers would be the same, however real data does not always conform to a normal distribution. When the median differs significantly from the mean, it can indicate the presence of outliers (extreme high or low values). For example, the state mean for the per capita rate (per 100K) of Ex-Parte Family Violence and Stalking Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) is about 813, while the state median is 552, this indicates that there are counties with significantly low TPO rates that skew the state median far lower than the state mean. This report contains an appendix on pages 30-36. The appendix contains factor-specific data for each county within the state, organized by population tier, and may be of assistance in identifying outliers within Georgia family violence-related data.
A NEW APPROACH
This report utilizes population density to indicate the relative population of a region for comparison to similar locations statewide. Population density reflects the number of people who live within a county, relative to its geographic land area. Georgia has an overall population density of 188 people per square mile,2 ranking as the 17th most populated state in the United States.
Georgia's population density varies significantly throughout the state, ranging from approximately 2,600 people per square mile in its most populated county, DeKalb County, to only nine people per square mile in Clinch County, its least populated county. Using population data,3 Georgia's 159 counties were organized into six tiers based on population density. This tiered system will allow readers to compare geographically similar counties, such as those with large metropolitan areas like those included in tier six, and more rural counties like those included in tier one.
It is highly likely that population density also speaks to the amount of resources available in response to family violence in Georgia. More highly populated areas are generally more resource rich, while less populated areas tend to be resource scarce.4 However, the burden on the resources available in more densely populated areas can outstrip the availability, thus creating a scarcity of resources in densely populated areas as well. Overall, in both urban and rural settings there is often a lack of resources available to support victim safety and offender accountability.
This report contains analysis of data including family violence incidents, domestic violence-related fatalities, police action taken (PAT) and Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) statewide between 2013 and 2017. Additionally, correlations between factors such as substance use, child involvement, and firearms were combined with family violence incidence data to determine if relationships existed between the variables. It is imperative to note that correlation is not the same as causation. The complexity of family violence incidents does not allow for simple explanations. Rather, there are multiple factors involved which each contribute to different outcomes. Methods of analysis such as the use of correlations, allow us to look at family violence incidents from different perspectives without losing focus on the complexity of the issue.
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Correlation Weak (+/-) Moderate (+/-) Strong (+/-)

Range

Definition

No Relationship: variables being compared do not occur together
0.00 - 0.33 regularly.

Some Relationship: variables being compared occur together
0.34 - 0.66 occasionally but not consistently.

Close Relationship: variables being compared consistently occur
0.67 - 1.00 together.

Correlations between the factors were categorized as having a weak, moderate, or strong relationship with the specified variables. The strength of the relationship indicates the likelihood of those variables being present together. If the correlation is positive, both variables increase together. For example, in all population tiers the presence or involvement of children in reported family violence incidents has a strong positive relationship to arrests occurring. This indicates that the two variables are increasing together. Applying that to the example, it should come as no surprise that as the number of victims present during an incident goes up (children present), so does the likelihood of an arrest occurring, considering that more people present increases the number of witnesses to a crime and also the range of crimes that a law enforcement officer could potentially charge on-scene.
Conversely, a negative correlation indicates that one variable is increasing while the other variable is decreasing. To use the same factors as the previous example, a strong negative correlation between child presence or involvement and arrests would indicate that as one of those variables was increasing, the other was decreasing. It would be necessary to look at which variable was increasing and which one was decreasing to understand what was occurring in the population tier. If more children were present or involved and there was a decrease in arrests, concern would be appropriate given that family violence has a traumatic effect on children. However, if it is the case that arrests are increasing and children present are decreasing in reported incidents of family violence, this could mean that there are less children being exposed to family violence.

Understanding the relationship between two variables shows how family violence incidents are being handled in different areas of Georgia. Ostensibly there should not be differences, given the law does not change across county lines. However we must acknowledge that
differences in resources and responses do exist, and identifying them allows concerned Georgians to ask informed questions about why the
differences exist and what can be done to improve our statewide
response to family violence in Georgia.

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STATE OF GEORGIA POPULATION DENSITY TIERS

TIER ONE

TIER TWO

TIER THREE

TIER FOUR

TIER FIVE

Baker*

Appling

Macon

Banks

Lee

Baldwin

Lumpkin

Barrow

Calhoun

Atkinson

McIntosh*

Ben Hill

McDuffie

Bartow

Madison

Bibb

Charlton

Bacon

Meriwether Bleckley

Monroe

Bulloch

Murray

Chatham

Clay*

Berrien

Mitchell

Bryan

Morgan

Butts

Newton

Cherokee

Clinch

Brantley Montgomery* Camden

Pierce

Carroll

Oconee

Clarke

Early

Brooks

Oglethorpe Chattooga

Pike

Catoosa

Peach

Columbia

Echols

Burke

Pulaski

Coffee

Putnam

Coweta

Pickens

Douglas

Glascock* Candler

Rabun

Colquitt

Sumter

Dawson

Polk

Fayette

Hancock Chattahoochee

Schley

Cook

Tattnall

Dougherty Spalding

Forsyth

Jenkins*

Crawford

Seminole

Crisp

Thomas Effingham Stephens

Hall

Marion*

Decatur

Telfair*

Dade

Toombs

Floyd

Tift

Henry

Miller

Dodge

Terrell

Elbert

Towns

Glynn

Troup

Muscogee

Quitman*

Dooly

Treutlen*

Evans*

Union

Gordon

Walker

Paulding

Randolph Emanuel

Turner

Fannin

Upson Habersham Walton

Richmond

Screven

Greene

Twiggs

Franklin

Haralson

White

Rockdale

Stewart*

Heard

Ware

Gilmer

Hart

Whitfield

TIER SIX

Talbot

Irwin

Washington

Grady

Houston

Clayton

Taliaferro

Jasper

Wayne

Harris

Jackson

Cobb

Taylor*

Jeff Davis

Wheeler

Jones

Lamar

Dekalb

Warren

Jefferson

Wilcox

Lanier

Liberty

Fulton

Webster

Johnson*

Worth

Laurens

Lowndes

Gwinnett

Wilkes Wilkinson

Lincoln* Long

*See data sources on page 27 for list of counties with missing or incomplete reporting of family violence data from 2013-2017.

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STATE OF GEORGIA POPULATION DENSITY MAP

Tier
Population Density
(people per square mile)

1

2

3

4

5

6 State

18

37

71 187 619 2,013 188

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FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS
Ascertaining a complete picture of the breadth of the problem of family violence in Georgia is impossible given the myriad ways victims and offenders have contact with resources statewide. There are many formal and informal systems available for victims to access help: hospitals, DV programs, religious institutions and more. Social stigmas, cultural norms and lack of awareness of resources all impact whether parties involved in abusive relationships are ever identified and if crimes of family violence are reported. We acknowledge that reporting to law enforcement is not the only point of entry for victims of family violence. While there is no perfect way to capture the volume of people impacted by family violence, the number of incidents reported to law enforcement agencies statewide is one reliable metric providing us insight into the complex problem of family violence.
Throughout this report we will refer to family violence incident data and domestic violence-related fatalities as two related but distinct data sets. While family violence incident data does include fatal incidents, the bulk of incidents (99.83%) included in the data set are non-fatal. The total number of family violence incidents in Georgia speaks to where we are as a state in our pursuit of a violence-free future.
To better understand the impact the volume of reported incidents would have on communities, we look to family violence incidents per capita. Evaluating the number of family violence incidents per capita, normalizes the total number of reports per 100,000 people so we can better study how incident reporting varies across diversely populated geographic areas of our state and identify possible factors that contribute to relatively higher or lower rates of reporting. It is important to keep in mind that an increased number of reported incidents is not necessarily a negative. For instance, tiers two and four have the highest rate of family violence incidents per capita by a significant margin. These elevated numbers could indicate an overburdened system compared to other portions of the state. On the other hand, it could also be an indication that communities in those tiers have successfully reduced barriers to reporting.

Family Violence

Family Violence

Tier

Population Count

Incidents

Incidents per Capita

1 2 3 4 5 6 State

157,982 660,480 913,750 2,337,523 2,603,801 3,755,843 10,429,379

3,179 26,455 25,701 96,671 71,594 88,375 311,975

2,012.3 4,005.4 2,812.7 4,135.6 2,749.6 2,353.0 2,991.3

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FAMILY VIOLENCE INCIDENTS PER CAPITA (2013-2017)

Per Capita

Percentile

>6,390

90th

4,155

75th

2,610

50th

1,305

25th

455

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the number of reported family violence incidents in each county per 100,000 people (family violence incidents per capita). The darker the color of the county, the more family violence incidents have been reported; the lighter the county, the less reported incidents. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; 2,619 incidents per 100,000 people). Thus, a darker color is above the statewide median of family violence incidents reported and a lighter color is below the statewide median.
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FATALITIES
Less than 1% of all reported family violence incidents statewide are fatalities, however fatal incidents provide some of the most valuable insights into family violence response despite the small volume. From 2013-2017 there were 518 fatal incidents of domestic violence (DV) known to take place in Georgia. Those incidents accounted for at least 682 deaths statewide.
Without considering other factors, one could reason that Georgia's rural communities of tier one experienced fewer fatalities (n=13), while the more populated regions of tier six experienced disproportionately higher loss of life to domestic violence (n=216). However, when we examine the findings per capita, a different picture emerges. The most populous tier has the lowest number of fatalities per capita (5.8 DV fatalities per 100K people), while tiers one and three have the highest number of fatalities per capita (8.2 and 9.1 DV fatalities per 100K people, respectively). This suggests the most densely populated areas of Georgia have developed some level of systemic response or preventative measures that reduce lethal risk of domestic violence. Tiers two, four and five each have similar numbers of fatalities per capita.
Comparing the number of fatal incidents to fatalities provides further insight into the nature of DV incidents occurring across population tiers. Murder-suicides, familicides or fatal incidents that occur in public places often have more than one fatality per incident. Tiers four and five have a marginally higher average number of fatalities per incident (1.4 fatalities per fatal incident) than the other population tiers (1.3 fatalities per fatal incident).

Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6
State

DV-Related Fatal
Incidents 10 34 66 110
130 168 518

DV-Related Fatalities

Percent of Incidents Resulting in a Fatality

DV-Related Fatalities per
Fatal Incident

DV-Related Fatalities per Capita

13

0.31%

1.3

8.2

44

0.13%

1.3

6.7

83

0.26%

1.3

9.1

149

0.11%

1.4

6.4

177

0.18%

1.4

6.8

216

0.19%

1.3

5.8

682

0.17%

1.3

6.5

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FATALITIES PER CAPITA (2013-2017)

Per Capita

Percentile

>18

90th

10

75th

4.5

50th

2

25th

1

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the number of known domestic violence-related fatalities in each county per 100,000 people (fatalities per capita). The darker the color of the county, the more domestic violence-related fatalities are known to have occurred; the lighter the county, the less domestic violence-related fatalities known. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; 4.5 fatalities per 100,000 people). Thus, a darker color is above the statewide median of known domestic violence-related fatalities and a lighter color is below the statewide median.
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POLICE ACTION TAKEN
The police action taken (PAT) when responding to family violence incidents impacts victim safety and offender accountability. From 2013-2017, Uniform Crime Reporting in Georgia specified six potential outcomes on incident reports filed by law enforcement officers: arrest, citation, mediation, separation, other, and none (no PAT). Throughout this report, these outcomes will be referred to as either arrest or non-arrest outcomes with the latter category including citation, mediation, separation, other and none. From 2013-2017 there were 523,449 arrests in Georgia; 20.2% of these arrests were in family violence incidents.
Georgia is a preferred arrest state, meaning that officers have discretion in family violence incidents and are not mandated to make an arrest. Arrest is considered the best practice for police action taken in reported incidents of family violence. Arrests can have direct and positive impacts on victim safety, as they remove the aggressor from the situation and reduce immediate risk to the victim. Additionally, accurately identifying, arresting and charging the predominant aggressor in a family violence incident is an effective way to increase offender accountability. From 2013-2017 arrests were the most frequently occurring outcome in reported incidents of family violence. In a silo, that fact feels like a success; the most common action taken is also the preferred action taken. However, when you consider that non-arrest outcomes were noted in approximately two-thirds of cases, the level of preference given to arrest is called into question.
Evaluating the frequency of PAT across all of Georgia's population tiers reveals significant variations among arrest and non-arrest outcomes. For example, there were 31,598 more arrests in tier six than in tier one during in the five-year period. However, looking at the percentage of arrests relative to the total number of incidents within each tier provides more comparable data. Arrest rates are 10% higher in more densely populated tiers than in the less densely populated tiers. Analyzing arrest outcomes across the tiers provides a more comprehensive understanding of how well best practices in PAT are being implemented across diverse regions of the state.

Total Arrests in Family Violence

Family Violence Incidents with

Tier

Incidents

an Arrest

1

833

26.2%

2

6,179

23.4%

3

8,874

34.5%

4

31,976

33.1%

5

25,337

35.4%

6

32,431

36.7%

State

105,630

30.8%

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PERCENT OF INCIDENTS WITH AN ARREST (2013-2017)

% Percentile

>53

90th

41

75th

32

50th

26

25th

20

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the percent of reported family violence incidents in which an arrest occurred (percent of incidents with an arrest). The darker the color of the county, the fewer arrests which occurred in reported incidents of family violence; the lighter the county, the more family violence arrests which occurred. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; 32% of reported incidents resulted in arrest). Thus, a darker color is below the statewide median and a lighter color is above the statewide median. The darker color indicates a poorer outcome for victims of family violence.
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CHILDREN & ARRESTS
The negative impact of family violence on children has been well documented.5 However, the limitations of crime reporting between 2013 and 2017 leave us with an incomplete picture of the number of children exposed to family violence in Georgia. Of the 311,975 reported family violence incidents that took place statewide in the five-year period, 102,704 were known to have at least one child present and 65,449 were known to have at least one child involved.
Evaluating children present and involved in incidents of family violence by population tier reveals both similarities and differences across the data. Tier three has the highest percent of incidents with children present (35.2%), however there was also a notably strong correlation between children being present and an arrest occurring (0.91). This analysis reveals that while children are present in over one third of reported incidents in tier three, arrests are also occurring in the majority of these incidents. Coupling the data together in this way, allows us to develop a deeper understanding of what is happening on-scene and in response to these reported incidents.
The relationship between a child(ren)'s presence or involvement in reported incidents of family violence and arrests is nearly perfectly related across all population tiers. This indicates that children being present or involved in reported family violence incidents increases the likelihood of arrests being made. Given that arrests are generally an optimal outcome for immediate victim safety, this also translates to increased safety for children. Additionally, this reduces the likelihood that children are exposed to ongoing family violence and the resulting trauma.

Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6
State

Percent of Incidents with
Child(ren) Present

Correlation: Child(ren) Present & Arrest

24.9%

0.91

26.9%

0.96

35.2%

0.91

36.1%

0.82

31.0%

0.89

32.4%

0.89

32.9%

0.97

Percent of Incidents with
Child(ren) Involved

Correlation: Child(ren) Involved & Arrest

14.6%

0.90

16.0%

0.94

21.0%

0.91

22.7%

0.79

18.2%

0.96

23.1%

0.67

21.0%

0.95

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CHILDREN (2013-2017)

CHILDREN PRESENT

% Percentile

>46

90th

40

75th

35

50th

31

25th

24

10th

0

0

CHILDREN INVOLVED

% Percentile

>29

90th

25

75th

22

50th

17

25th

10

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the number of children present and/or involved in reported family violence incidents (children present, children involved). The darker the color of the county, the greater the number of incidents in which a child was impacted; the lighter the color, the lower the number of incidents in which a child was impacted. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; 35% of incidents had children present, 22% had children involved). Thus, a darker color is below the statewide median and a lighter color is above the statewide median. While we know the frequency of arrests increases when children are exposed to family violence, this positive outcome must be contextualized with the negative impact family violence has on children. This indicator reflects the nuance of family violence. Accordingly, the color scale in the above maps does not explicitly indicate a positive or negative outcome for victims, but indicates only the presence or involvement of children in reported incidents.
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SUBSTANCE USE & ARREST
While substance use does not cause family violence,6 drug or alcohol use by either party involved in family violence incidents is relevant due to its strong positive correlation with arrest across all population tiers. Substance use refers to the apparent use of alcohol or drugs independently, or together.
Substance use was involved in a higher percentage of reported family violence incidents in tiers three and four than any other tier. To have a more complete understanding of the dynamics of substance use-involved incidents within the data, additional information such as types of substances used and resources available to address substance abuse in each region of Georgia would be beneficial. Regardless, the relationship between any substance use and family violence is clearly illustrated in the data, irrespective of which party was using a substance at the time of the incident.
The dynamics at play when substance use and arrest are closely aligned could vary significantly from situation to situation. If a person under the influence of a substance became the victim of a family violence incident and upon report was arrested, it would be considered a negative outcome. Conversely, in the same scenario, the arrest of the offender rather than the victim would be considered a positive outcome, as an arrest increases victim safety and offender accountability. While GCFV is working with state partners to improve our understanding of these dynamics in future data sets, information collected between 2013 and 2017 did not reveal specifics about which party was arrested when substance use was involved. Additional person-specific data - notably, which party(ies) was arrested in the incident - could illuminate the impact that substance use involved incidents of family violence have on police action taken.

Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6
State

Percent of Total Incidents with Substance Use
28.0% 29.4% 36.7% 34.0% 30.0% 26.4% 30.7%

Correlation: Victim Substance
Use & Arrest

Correlation: Offender Substance Use & Arrest

0.89

0.93

0.88

0.92

0.85

0.92

0.80

0.72

0.70

0.79

0.81

0.70

0.94

0.94

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SUBSTANCE USE (2013-2017)

OFFENDER SUBSTANCE
USE

% Percentile

>36

90th

31

75th

26

50th

20

25th

12

10th

0

0

VICTIM SUBSTANCE
USE

% Percentile

>16

90th

13

75th

10

50th

7

25th

4

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the number of reported family violence incidents in which a substance was present (victim substance use, offender substance use). The darker the color of the county, the greater the number of reported incidents where substance use was present; the lighter the color, the lower the number. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; offender use of a substance in 26% of reported incidents, victim use of substance in 10%). Thus, a darker color is below the statewide median and a lighter color is above the statewide median. While we know the frequency of arrests increases with substance use; this positive outcome must be contextualized with the fact that substance use, though not the cause, does coincide with increased severity in family violence. Accordingly, the color scale in the above maps does not explicitly indicate a positive or negative outcome for victims, but rather indicates only the presence of a substance in reported incidents.
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FIREARMS & ARREST
In family violence incidents, firearms present a lethal danger to victims, offenders, law enforcement officers, and bystanders. Regardless of who owns the firearm, its presence increases the danger to all people present or involved. Research has shown there is a 500% increased risk of homicide when an offender has access to a firearm.7 Additionally, a strong relationship between firearm ownership and the rate of domestic violence-related homicides exists.8 The same relationship was not found in homicides that were not domestic violence-related. This speaks both to the unique danger unrestricted firearm access presents to those involved in abusive relationships and to the importance of limiting offenders' access to firearms.
In Georgia, firearms were present in 1.8% of all reported incidents of family violence between 2013 and 2017. Examining firearms presence in family violence incidents across each population tier reveals the percentage of cases involving a firearm are nearly double the percent of cases with a firearm present in tier one (2.99%) as compared to tier four (1.62%). Tier two, which features the next lowest population density, also has a rate significantly higher rate (2.30%) relative to the statewide average (1.80%).
In the most densely populated counties of tiers four to six, the presence of a firearm and the number of arrests were found to be closely tied. In tiers two and three there was a moderate relationship and in tier one there was a weak relationship. The correlations indicate that when a firearm is present in a reported family violence incident, an arrest is more likely to occur in Georgia's more densely populated counties than in the less densely populated counties. Every population tier displayed a close relationship between the presence of a firearm and fatalities. A firearm was the cause of death in the majority of all domestic violence-related fatalities. Consequently, the findings suggest that regardless of whether individuals are located in urban or rural areas of Georgia, firearms pose a lethal risk to everyone involved in family violence incidents.

Tier 1 2 3 4 5 6
State

Percent of Incidents with a Firearm Present

Correlation: Firearms & Arrest

Percent of Fatalities with a Firearm as Cause of Death

2.99%

0.28

69.23%

2.30%

0.45

68.18%

1.86%

0.58

63.86%

1.62%

0.77

76.51%

1.71%

0.80

71.19%

1.86%

0.91

75.46%

1.80%

0.94

73.46%

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FIREARMS PRESENT IN INCIDENT (2013-2017)

% Percentile

>4.0

90th

2.50

75th

1.85

50th

1.35

25th

0.55

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the percent of reported family violence incidents in which a firearm was present (firearms present in incident). The darker the color of the county, the more incidents of family violence with firearms present; the lighter the county, the less reports of firearms present. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; firearm present in 1.85% of reported incidents). Thus, a darker color is above the statewide median and a lighter color is below the statewide median. The darker color indicates a poorer outcome for victims of family violence.
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TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) are a common marker for the health of the systemic response to reported incidents of family violence. Research has shown that TPOs significantly reduce or end the frequency and severity of future violence.9 As such, TPOs are considered a valuable source of protection for victims and an effective method of accountability for offenders.
Typically, the longer a TPO is in effect the better the outcomes are for victims. A longer period of protection goes hand-in-hand with additional opportunities for protective systems to intervene or interrupt escalating risk of violence. A measure of this factor is the extension rate of family violence (FV) and stalking TPOs. The extension rate is the rate at which an Ex Parte TPO, which typically lasts no more than 30 days, is extended into a longer-term (6-Month, 12-Month) TPO. The extension rate is impacted by many factors including judicial discretion, service of notice to the offender, and the victim's decision to proceed with seeking the extension.
Looking at extension rates combined with the number of Ex Parte TPOs issued per 100,000 people (per capita), we gain insight into how the system is functioning. In tier one there is a healthy extension rate that is above the state average for both FV (1: 50.8%, GA: 40.7%) and Stalking (1: 54.3%, GA: 39.8%) TPOs. However, tier one's number of TPOs per capita reveals that not many TPOs are being granted (282.3/100K), leading to questions about access to TPO services in tier one counties. Conversely, tier six has the highest number of TPOs per capita (1,017.6/100K), but an extension rate below the state average (FV: 36.6%, S: 35.9%), demonstrating the need to identify factors that might be negatively impacting the TPO extension rate. Tier three presents a notable outlier in that there was a significantly higher extension rate for Stalking TPOs (82.7%) than anywhere else.

FV &

FV

FV

Stalking Stalking

Stalking

FV

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erm

Extension

TPOs

Tier

TPOs

TPOs

Rate

TPOs

TPOs

Rate

per Capita

1

319

169

50.8%

127

93

54.3%

282.3

2

2,975

1,369

43.4%

908

603

51.2%

587.9

3

4,244

1,871

41.8%

4,244

3,742

82.7%

928.9

4

13,606

6,629

46.9%

5,645

3,168

44.7%

823.6

5

12,298

5,445

41.7%

4,817

2,641

40.9%

657.3

6

26,777 10,036

36.6% 11,442

5,252

35.9%

1,017.6

State 60,219 25,519

40.7% 24,595 12,618

39.8%

813.2

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FAMILY VIOLENCE & STALKING EX PARTE TPOs PER CAPITA (2013-2017)

Per Percentile Capita

>1,343

90th

1,000

75th

552

50th

281

25th

116

10th

0

0

MAP DETAILS All counties in Georgia are shaded to reflect the number of family violence and stalking Ex Parte TPOs issued in each county per 100,000 people (family violence and stalking Ex Parte TPOs per capita). The darker the color of the county, the fewer Ex Parte TPOs issued; the lighter the county, the more Ex Parte TPOs issued. All counties are compared to the statewide median (50th percentile; 552 Ex Parte TPOs per 100,000 people). Thus, a darker color is above the statewide median and a lighter color is below the statewide median. The darker color indicates a poorer outcome for victims of family violence.
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER ONE
Tier one had the lowest per capita rate of reported family violence incidents statewide during the five-year period of 2013-2017 (2,012.3/100K). However, tier one also had the highest percentage of all family violence incidents that resulted in a fatality (0.31%). This is nearly double the statewide average (0.17%) and the fatalities per capita in tier one was the second highest in the state. The presence of firearms and their use in fatal incidents of domestic violence could help to explain this finding. Tier one had the highest percentage of reported family violence incidents with a firearm present (2.99%) and the lowest correlation between firearm presence and arrest (0.28). This indicates that arrests did not result from the majority of family violence incidents where a firearm is present. These findings are particularly concerning when we consider the fact that in tier one counties, firearms were identified as the cause of death in more than two-thirds (69.23%) of domestic violence-related fatalities.
Another concern in tier one counties is the low number of Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) being issued. TPOs are an important safety measure for victims of family violence, however tier one has the lowest rate of Ex Parte TPOs per capita in the state during the five-year period. Tier one's 282.3 Ex Parte TPOs per 100,000 people is well below the state average of 813.2 TPOs. This raises the question of whether there are unique or greater barriers to accessing TPOs in tier one counties, or whether the "bar" for obtaining a TPO is higher in tier one counties than the law requires. The extension rates for family violence (50.8%) and stalking (54.3%) TPOs are both above the state averages (FV: 40.7%, S: 39.8%), illustrating that if they are able to gain access to an Ex Parte TPO victims are generally successful in having their order extended. Perhaps the extension rates are relatively healthy due to TPOs only being granted in more severe circumstances. Regardless, the volume of victims accessing TPOs as a protective measure in tier one counties, is concerningly low.
Tier one's juxtaposition as the leader in DV fatalities while having the lowest volume of reported family violence incidents and TPOs in the state, points to a potential scarcity of supportive services and interventions prior to escalation of lethal violence. In assessing tier one's data, perhaps the most glaring concern is that much of it is missing. During the five-year period covered in this report, 10 out of the 23 counties included in tier one (identified below with an asterisk) had incomplete or zero family violence reports provided by local law enforcement agencies to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, as required by law. The lack of data on law enforcement's response to family violence in tier one leaves stakeholders with an incomplete, and therefore inaccurate picture of the problem, and must be addressed.
TIER ONE COUNTIES Baker* | Calhoun | Charlton | Clay* | Clinch | Early | Echols | Glascock* | Hancock | Jenkins* Marion* | Miller | Quitman* | Randolph | Screven | Stewart* | Talbot | Taliaferro | Taylor* Warren* | Webster* | Wilkes | Wilkinson
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER TWO
Tier two has the second highest per capita rate of family violence incidents (4,005.4/100K), twice the rate per capita as its most similar counterpart in tier one (2,012.3/100K). In terms of fatal incidents, tier two is aligning closely with the state average for fatalities per capita (tier two: 6.7/100K, state: 6.5/100K). This is somewhat surprising, considering the percentage of family violence incidents with a firearm present in tier two (2.30%) is significantly higher than the statewide average (1.80%) and the relationship between firearms and arrests in family violence incidents lacks strength (0.45). This indicates that in tier two communities, arrests are potentially less likely to occur even as the presence of firearms in reported family violence incidents increases in frequency. Tier two has the lowest percentage of family violence incidents resulting in an arrest statewide (23.4%). This raises questions about the police action taken in over two-thirds of reported incidents of family violence and how those charging decisions impact victim safety and offender accountability.
Looking further at the variables with higher correlation to arrests, it appears that arrest is a more consistent outcome when children are present or involved in family violence incidents in tier two counties. There is a near-perfect relationship between children being present (0.96) and/or involved (0.94) and arrests. This indicates that law enforcement officers in tier two are responding to reported incidents of family violence with children in a manner consistent with best practices for child safety, limiting exposure to ongoing family violence. Additionally, when we look at the relationship between substance use by the offender and/or the victim and arrests, a strong relationship between the presence of substances and arrests exists (offender: 0.92, victim: 0.88). This is also in line with best practices.
Tier two has the second lowest number of Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) issued per capita, statewide. Similar to tier one, a potential lack of victim access to TPOs is concerning. While tier two's healthy family violence and stalking TPO extension rates (FV: 43.4%, S: 51.2%) are above state averages (FV: 40.7%, S: 39.8%), given that tier two has the second highest number of family violence incidents per capita (4,005.4/100K), expectations for considerably higher numbers of TPOs issued are warranted.
A holistic assessment of tier two family violence data is somewhat hampered by the fact that during the five-year period, law enforcement agencies in six counties (identified below with an asterisk) reported zero reports or incomplete data to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, as required by law. The lack of data on law enforcement's response to family violence in tier two, leaves stakeholders with an incomplete, and therefore inaccurate picture of the problem.
TIER TWO COUNTIES Appling | Atkinson | Bacon | Berrien | Brantley | Brooks | Burke | Candler | Chattahoochee Crawford | Decatur | Dodge | Dooly | Emanuel | Greene | Heard | Irwin | Jasper | Jeff Davis Jefferson | Johnson* | Lincoln* | Long | Macon | McIntosh* | Meriwether | Mitchell Montgomery* | Oglethorpe | Pulaski | Rabun | Schley | Seminole | Telfair* | Terrell | Treutlen* Turner | Twiggs | Ware | Washington | Wayne | Wheeler | Wilcox | Worth
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER THREE
Tier three is in line with the state's average number of family violence incidents per capita (tier 3: 2,812.7/100K, GA: 2,991.3/100K) but has the highest fatalities per capita statewide (9.1/100K). In tier three, approximately three more people are dying in reported incidents of family violence per capita than in the state overall. While police action taken in response to reported incidents of family violence is in line with the statewide average, arrests were not strongly correlated to the presence of firearms (0.58).
The moderate strength of the relationship between the presence of firearms and arrest indicates a lack of consistency in law enforcement response. Arrests are a law enforcement tool that can alleviate the immediate danger to victims; so tier three's high percentage of incidents resulting in non-arrest (65.5%) is concerning in light of the number of fatalities occurring there (n=83). Further, firearms were the cause of death in nearly two-thirds (63.86%) of known domestic violence-related deaths in tier three counties in the five-year period.
Tier three stands out in a positive way with an 82.7% extension rate from Stalking Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) to longer-term TPOs. This extension rate is significantly higher than every other tier, and well above the statewide average (39.8%). It appears that stalking TPOs are being processed in tier three counties in a manner different from everywhere else in the state, which may point to an anomaly worth further exploration. The extension rate of family violence TPOs is closely aligned to the statewide average (tier 3: 41.8%, GA: 40.7%). Overall, tier three has the second highest number of TPOs per capita (928.9/100K) statewide.
Tier three has the highest percentage in Georgia of reported family violence incidents with substance use present (36.7%). Similar to other tiers, the relationship between the presence of drug and/or alcohol use to the number of arrests is strong, indicating that when substances are being used by the offender and/or the victim, arrests are often occurring. The high percentage of reported family violence incidents with substance use present could point to a need for additional resources or improved access to services, for both victims and offenders in relation to drug and/or alcohol use.
Of note, Evans county is the only county in tier three to provide incomplete data to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation between 2013-2017, as required by law.
TIER THREE COUNTIES Banks | Ben Hill | Bleckley | Bryan | Camden | Chattooga | Coffee | Colquitt | Cook | Crisp Dade | Elbert | Evans* | Fannin | Franklin | Gilmer | Grady | Harris | Jones | Lanier | Laurens Lee | McDuffie | Monroe | Morgan | Pierce | Pike | Putnam | Sumter | Tattnall | Thomas Toombs | Towns | Union | Upson
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER FOUR
Tier four has the highest rate of family violence incidents per capita (4,135.6/100K); nearly double the rate of four other tiers and well above the state average (2,991.3/100K). However, the rate of fatalities per capita is the second lowest in the state (6.4/100K). This amounts to only 0.11% of all reported incidents of family violence in tier four resulting in a fatality. Perhaps contributing to this relatively low rate of fatalities is the low percent of incidents with a firearm present (1.62%) and a close relationship between the presence of a firearm and arrests.
This does not however, eliminate the lethality of a firearm when it is used in a family violence incident. Firearms were the cause of death in 76.51% of all fatal incidents in tier four, the highest rate in Georgia. This highlights the importance of identifying ways to improve law enforcement and other responses in family violence incidents by increasing offender accountability and access to supportive services and resources which improve victim safety.
Tier four data showed a relatively high percentage (34.0%) of incidents with substance use present, ranking second highest statewide and approximately 4% higher than the state average (30.7%). Additionally, the use of a substance by an offender and/or a victim is strongly related to arrests in reported incidents of family violence (victim: 0.80, offender: 0.72) in tier four counties. Tier four has the highest percentage of family violence incidents with children present (36.1%); this is above the state average of 32.9%. While it should draw some concern that over a third of family violence incidents in tier four counties are directly impacting children, in incidents with a child present and/or involved, arrests are occurring the majority of the time. This follows recommendations regarding limiting child exposure to family violence.
The average number of issued Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) per capita in tier four is in line with the state average and the extension rate for family violence TPOs is 46.9%, which is above the state average of 40.7%. The extension rate for stalking TPOs is 44.7%, higher than the state average of 39.8%. The number of Ex Parte TPOs issued per capita (823.6/100K) and the TPO extension rates in tier four counties indicate victims are generally able to access TPOs and are reasonably successful at extending their protections.
TIER FOUR COUNTIES Baldwin | Bartow | Bulloch | Butts | Carroll | Catoosa | Coweta | Dawson | Dougherty Effingham | Floyd | Glynn | Gordon | Habersham | Haralson | Hart | Houston | Jackson | Lamar Liberty | Lowndes | Lumpkin | Madison | Murray | Newton | Oconee | Peach | Pickens | Polk Spalding | Stephens | Tift | Troup | Walker | Walton | White | Whitfield
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER FIVE
Tier five has less family violence incidents per capita (2,749.6/100K) than the statewide average (2,991.3/100K) but has nearly 400 more incidents per capita than Georgia's most populous counties. This suggests that either family violence incidents are more frequently occurring in suburban than urban counties, or that more incidents are being reported in Georgia's suburbs. Further, domestic violence fatalities per capita in tier five (6.8/100K) are higher than both the state average (6.5/100K) and the more densely populated counties of tier six (5.8/100K). This raises questions about how to improve the effectiveness of current interventions prior to an incident escalating to lethal violence.
Tier five boasts both the second highest rate of family violence arrests per capita (973.1/100K) and the second highest percent of family violence incidents resulting in an arrest (35.4%) in the state. When substances are present, children are involved and/or present, and when a firearm is present, arrests are frequently occurring. Assuming law enforcement officers in tier five are successfully enacting arrests on the predominant aggressor and avoiding arrests of the victim or dual arrests, these trends indicate that tier five appears to be following recommended practices in police action taken in response to family violence incidents, by utilizing arrest as a tool to hold offenders accountable. While a majority (64.6%) of tier five's reported incidents resulted in a non-arrest outcome, overall tier five shows encouraging indicators of improving family violence response and denotes community responses worth building on.
Tier five's number of Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) issued per capita (657.3/100K) is significantly below the state average (813.2/100K) and both of its closest comparable population tiers (tier 4: 823.6/100K, tier 6: 1,017.6/100K). Indeed, tier five is much closer to the number of Ex Parte TPOs issued per capita in tier two (587.9/100K), which is a much less densely populated area than suburban tier five. This is concerning given that tier five ostensibly would not have the same barriers to access, such as limited supportive services, that impact TPO issuance rates in the more rural counties of Georgia.
However, despite the fact that victims are not receiving Ex Parte TPOs at a rate consistent with tier five's population size, the extension rates for Family Violence (41.7%) and Stalking (40.9%) Ex Parte TPOs are in line with the state averages (FV:40.7% and S:39.8%). While Tier five's rate of extending Stalking Ex Parte TPOs is in line with the statewide average, it is also the second lowest statewide. The relatively low numbers of Ex Parte TPOs issued and the low extension rate for stalking TPOs is a concern in this generally well-resourced area of the state.
TIER FIVE COUNTIES Barrow | Bibb | Chatham | Cherokee | Clarke | Columbia | Douglas | Fayette | Forsyth | Hall Henry | Muscogee | Paulding | Richmond | Rockdale
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KEY TAKEAWAYS: TIER SIX
Tier six has a lower rate of reported family violence incidents per capita (2,353.0/100K) than the state average (2,991.3/100K). Georgia's most densely populated counties also possess the lowest rate of fatalities per capita at 5.8 domestic violence-related fatalities per 100,000 people, which is below the state average (6.5/100K). Potentially contributing to this favorable finding is the close relationship between the presence of a firearm and the frequency of arrest in reported incidents of family violence. Tier six has the strongest correlation between presence of firearms and arrest (0.91). Collectively, these findings suggest a close relationship between the presence of firearms and arrests may reduce the overall number of domestic violence-related fatalities. This does not however, eliminate the lethality of a firearm when it is used in a family violence incident. A firearm was the cause of death in 75.46% of all fatal incidents, which is above the state average.
Tier six has the highest percentage of reported incidents of family violence resulting in arrests (36.7%). This is above the state average of 33.9%. Additionally, the relationship between the use of alcohol or drugs and arrests in reported family violence incidents is strong, reflecting arrests are generally occurring in incidents with substance use indicated. Tier six has the lowest percent of reported family violence incidents with substance use present (26.4%). This could point to a relatively sufficient level of resources to address substance-related issues in this urban population tier. However, tier six is the only tier in Georgia in which the involvement of children in family violence incidents is not strongly related to arrests. This is concerning given the high awareness of the trauma and safety impact of continued exposure to family violence on children.
The rate at which Ex Parte Temporary Protective Orders (TPOs) are issued per capita in tier six (1,017.6/100K) is the highest in the state by a significant margin. This is potentially due to the availability of resources and transportation in urban areas. However, the extension rate for both family violence (36.6%) and stalking (35.9%) TPOs in tier six are the lowest in the state. This indicates that in urban centers it is relatively easy to obtain a TPO but more difficult than other areas of the state to maintain that order or have it extended. This could be due to multiple factors such as overburdened law enforcement agencies being unable to successfully perfect service of TPOs on offenders or a stressed court system with limited resources for direct victim advocacy. Regardless, this finding indicates an area of potential focus to improve local responses which could bring these areas more in line with best practices for promoting victim safety and offender accountability.
TIER SIX COUNTIES Clayton | Cobb | Dekalb | Fulton | Gwinnett
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DATA SOURCES
UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS
Data on reported incidents of family violence, substance abuse, children present/involved, and police action taken (henceforth referred to as "UCR data") were obtained from the Uniform Crime Reporting system administered by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI). GCFV acknowledges that, as law enforcement agencies report outcomes on a rolling basis, UCR data can and will shift over time as reported data comes closer in line with actual rates of occurrence.
We are also aware that the UCR data set contained in this report is incomplete. Over the course of the five years studied, a number of counties reported zero incidents or failed to submit a family violence report to the GBI. These counties include: Baker (2013, 2015-2017); Clay (2013-2015); Evans (2015); Glascock (2013, 2015, 2016); Jenkins (2014, 2015); Johnson (2013-2017); Lincoln (2016, 2017); Marion (2013); McIntosh (2013-2017); Montgomery (2013-2017); Quitman (2013-2015, 2017); Stewart (2013-2017); Taylor (2014); Telfair (2017); Treutlen (2017); Warren (2016, 2017); and Webster (2014, 2015, 2017).
POPULATION DATA
Data on population statistics were obtained from Georgia Data powered by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.
TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDERS
Temporary Protective Order (TPO) data was obtained from the Georgia Protective Order Registry, administered by the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) of the GBI.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE-RELATED DEATHS
Data on domestic violence-related fatalities and cause of death in fatal incidents is collected through GCFV's Family Violence Fatality Review Project using media monitoring and independent verification of deaths, supported by domestic violence programs and Victim Witness Assistance Programs in District Attorney's Offices statewide.
The data consists of intimate partner violence-related deaths, including those in which one intimate partner kills another intimate partner, a bystander or law enforcement officer is killed during an active domestic violence incident, an intimate partner completes suicide during or immediately following a domestic violence incident, or an intimate partner is killed by law enforcement responding to a domestic violence incident or while serving a family violence warrant or TPO.
For our purposes, the term "intimate partner" is intended to reflect that the domestic violence victim and offender fall into one of the following relationships: dating or formerly dated, married or formerly married, and/or parents of the same children. This definition varies from state statute as it pertains to family violence, in that current Georgia law excludes dating partners from those categorized on incident reports as "family violence" unless those parties have a common child or have resided in the same home.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PROJECT STAFF "Family Violence In Georgia: A Comparative Analysis 2013-2017" was written by Carolynn Brooks (Fatality Review Coordinator, GCFV) with support from Niki Lemeshka (Program Manager, GCFV). Data Analysis was provided by Samar Abdelmageed (Family Violence Data Analyst, GCFV) with support from Doug Bailey (Data Consultant, Performance Vistas, Inc.). SPECIAL THANKS Special thanks go to GCFV's data partners including: The Georgia Bureau of Investigation for their ongoing support, particularly to Director Vic
Reynolds, Assistant Director John Melvin, CJIS Operations Manager Lisa Weaver-Johnson, CJIS Analyst Supervisor Crystal Lockhart, and former Georgia Protective Order Registry Program Manager Daryl Beggs District Attorney's Office Victim Witness Assistance Program directors statewide Domestic violence programs statewide This project would not be possible without the generous financial support of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and the ongoing project support of current and former GCFV staff and Commission members, particularly GCFV Executive Director April Ross, current GCFV Chairwoman Stephanie Woodard, and former GCFV Executive Director Jennifer Thomas. FINANCIAL SUPPORT This project was supported by subgrant numbers W19-8-074 and W20-8-041, awarded by the state administering office for the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice's STOP Formula Grant Program. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the state or the U.S. Department of Justice.
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TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Baker Calhoun Charlton
Clay Clinch Early Echols Glascock Hancock Jenkins Marion Miller Quitman Randolph Screven Stewart Talbot Taliaferro Taylor Warren Webster Wilkes Wilkinson

3,200 6,455 12,715 2,962 6,727 10,296 3,936 3,062 8,561 8,767 13,314 5,838 2,358 7,075 13,953 5,985 6,249 1,628 8,142 5,303 2,605 9,892 8,959

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41

15.7 162

16.3

9

8.5 196

21.5 863

9.7

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21.4

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24.0

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21.7

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8.8

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20.5 513

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21.4 167

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3

2

0

0

4,238.33 0

0 0.0

19

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58

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8

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27

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20

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8

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1

0

0

1,903.71 1

1 12.3

62

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156

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34

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70

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60

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36

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4.5% 1 100.0%

11

6

1

0

9,673.77 2

2 37.7

20

23.3%

66

76.7%

12

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31

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37

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7

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17

8

30

20

2,341.65 0

0 0.0

6

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5

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4

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4

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3

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0

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3

0

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0

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0 0.0

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32

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62

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27

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27

23

29

19

1,864.05 0

0 0.0

74

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102

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53

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13

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30

20

17

21

406.25 30.98
479.75 -
282.44 174.83 228.66 359.24 280.34 205.32 345.50
85.65 84.82 240.28 186.34 83.54 48.01 122.85 147.38 886.29 115.16 566.11 524.61

TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Appling Atkinson
Bacon Berrien Brantley Brooks Burke Candler
Chattahoochee
Crawford Decatur Dodge Dooly Emanuel Greene Heard
Irwin Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Johnson Lincoln Long Macon McIntosh

18,521 8,342 11,319 19,186 18,731 15,587 22,522 10,797 10,343 12,295 26,716 20,730 13,737 22,530 17,281 11,730 9,410 13,964 15,025 15,648 9,788 7,880 19,014 21,498 8,450

36.0 120

24.7

30

42.9 242

42.7 438

41.6 710

32.9 969

28.2 1,298

45.3 100

45.3

11

38.9 1,109

46.6 1,110

44.0 6,114

38.1 263

33.2 522

41.3 950

40.0 385

26.9 353

37.8

48

45.6 255

32.2 409

32.9

0

38.0

36

36.1 261

36.8 224

33.8

0

TIER TWO

647.91 2

2 10.8

46

37.7%

76

62.3%

31

25.8%

50

41.7%

37

30.8%

15

12.5% 5

4.2% 0

0.0%

35

19

2

0

199.77

359.63 0

0 0.0

9

29.0%

22

71.0%

2

6.7%

13

43.3%

3

10.0%

1

3.3%

0

0.0% 0

0.0%

8

4

8

7

191.80

2,138.00 0

0 0.0

105 41.2%

150

58.8%

39

16.1%

97

40.1%

57

23.6%

25

10.3% 3

1.2% 0

0.0%

82

22

35

18

1,033.66

2,282.91 0

0 0.0

139 29.3%

336

70.7%

114

26.0%

143

32.7%

120

27.4%

28

6.4%

4

0.9% 0

0.0%

73

41

16

14

463.88

3,790.51 0

0 0.0

267 35.6%

483

64.4%

111

15.6%

260

36.6%

338 47.6%

139 19.6% 20 2.8% 0

0.0%

86

42

10

5

512.52

6,216.72 1

2 12.8

370

35.3%

679

64.7%

186

19.2%

301

31.1%

245 25.3%

104 10.7% 6

0.6% 2 100.0% 111

80

34

31

930.26

5,763.25 0

0 0.0

253 18.4% 1,123 81.6%

208

16.0%

398 30.7% 331 25.5% 109 8.4% 33 2.5% 0

0.0%

32

16

1

1

146.52

926.18 1

2 18.5

25

19.5%

103

80.5%

22

22.0%

47

47.0%

24

24.0%

9

9.0%

1

1.0% 2 100.0%

38

22

2

0

370.47

106.35 0

0 0.0

8

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4

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1

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7

63.6%

4

36.4%

2

18.2% 0

0.0% 0

0.0%

47

9

9

3

541.43

9,019.93 1

1 8.1

204 17.1%

989

82.9%

222

20.0%

360

32.5%

282 25.4%

102

9.2% 19 1.7% 1 100.0%

66

30

27

24

756.41

4,154.81 1

1 3.7

314 16.5% 1,584 83.5%

293

26.4%

427 38.5% 405 36.5% 198 17.8% 24 2.2% 0

0.0%

10

4

2

1

44.92

29,493.49 0

0 0.0

174 37.0%

296

63.0%

107

1.8%

202

3.3%

109

1.8%

37

0.6% 165 2.7% 0

0.0%

79

41

11

5

434.15

1,914.54 1

2 14.6

79

26.4%

220

73.6%

65

24.7%

77

29.3%

75

28.5%

25

9.5%

6

2.3% 2 100.0%

7

3

2

1

65.52

2,316.91 1

1 4.4

109 20.5%

423

79.5%

131

25.1%

210

40.2%

144

27.6%

59

11.3% 13 2.5% 0

0.0%

300

131

33

35

1,478.03

5,497.37 1

1 5.8

254 21.8%

911

78.2%

165

17.4%

303

31.9%

341 35.9%

147 15.5% 10 1.1% 1 100.0% 117

73

108

84

1,302.01

3,282.18 0

0 0.0

181 44.6%

225

55.4%

100

26.0%

148

38.4%

123

32.0%

36

9.4% 14 3.6% 0

0.0%

92

38

17

6

929.24

3,751.33 0

0 0.0

103 27.8%

268

72.2%

94

26.6%

129

36.5%

65

18.4%

23

6.5%

6

1.7% 0

0.0%

56

25

27

21

882.04

343.74 1

2 14.3

71

23.6%

230

76.4%

9

18.8%

21

43.8%

16

33.3%

6

12.5% 3

6.3% 2 100.0%

86

41

50

39

973.93

1,697.17 0

0 0.0

101 38.7%

160

61.3%

67

26.3%

104

40.8%

90

35.3%

11

4.3% 10 3.9% 0

0.0%

46

21

3

3

326.12

2,613.75 0

0 0.0

112 24.6%

344

75.4%

91

22.3%

181

44.3%

105

25.7%

36

8.8% 10 2.4% 0

0.0%

80

41

29

22

696.57

-

0

0 0.0

0

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0

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0

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28

16

12

694.73

456.85 1

2 25.4

20

41.7%

28

58.3%

13

36.1%

20

55.6%

15

41.7%

8

22.2% 2

5.6% 2 100.0%

20

7

50

33

888.32

1,372.67 2

3 15.8

113

41.2%

161

58.8%

85

32.6%

140

53.6%

72

27.6%

26

10.0% 6

2.3% 1 33.3%

93

41

51

28

757.34

1,041.96 0

0 0.0

51

21.6%

185

78.4%

26

11.6%

93

41.5%

77

34.4%

30

13.4% 14 6.3% 0

0.0%

55

21

79

35

623.31

-

0

0 0.0

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0% 0

0.0%

42

23

2

2

520.71

TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Meriwether Montgomery Oglethorpe
Pulaski Rabun Schley Seminole Telfair Terrell Treutlen Turner Twiggs Ware Washington Wayne Wheeler Wilcox Worth

21,049 9,031 14,877 11,201 16,602 5,213 8,292 15,989 8,729 6,740 7,961 8,174 35,871 20,313 29,817 7,952 8,800 20,533

Banks Ben Hill Bleckley Bryan Camden Chattooga Coffee

18,634 16,996 12,830 37,060 53,044 24,770 43,014

43.9 1,364

38.1

0

33.9 716

48.2 113

44.0 1,006

30.0

35

37.1 123

37.7

58

27.8 198

34.5

49

31.3 951

25.2 256

40.7 2,362

31.2 485

46.9 909

25.1

29

24.5 117

38.0 666

79.3 136 70.5 1,848 60.5 231 69.3 1,099 82.4 1,465 83.0 103 73.7 1,247

6,480.12 2

3 14.3 329

20.9% 1,246

79.1%

217

15.9%

424

31.1%

336

24.6%

206 15.1% 21 1.5% 2 66.7%

188

84

23

17

1,002.42

-

1

1 11.1

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0%

0

0.0% 1 100.0%

25

7

5

3

332.19

4,812.80 2

2 13.4

212

28.8%

524

71.2%

163

22.8%

237

33.1%

209 29.2%

100 14.0% 12 1.7% 0

0.0%

151

66

124

66

1,848.49

1,008.84 1

2 17.9

40

33.1%

81

66.9%

37

32.7%

57

50.4%

31

27.4%

15

13.3% 3

2.7% 2 100.0%

53

25

5

5

517.81

6,059.51 0

0 0.0

283 25.7%

820

74.3%

263

26.1%

359

35.7%

318 31.6%

121 12.0% 19 1.9% 0

0.0%

163

76

60

30

1,343.21

671.40 0

0 0.0

20

52.6%

18

47.4%

8

22.9%

22

62.9%

7

20.0%

3

8.6%

0

0.0% 0

0.0%

2

0

0

1

38.37

1,483.36 0

0 0.0

80

63.0%

47

37.0%

32

26.0%

47

38.2%

46

37.4%

22

17.9% 3

2.4% 0

0.0%

4

2

1

1

60.30

362.75 1

1 6.3

7

38.9%

11

61.1%

6

10.3%

10

17.2%

3

5.2%

1

1.7%

3

5.2% 0

0.0%

39

10

6

4

281.44

2,268.30 3

3 34.4

84

32.7%

173

67.3%

58

29.3%

80

40.4%

58

29.3%

16

8.1%

1

0.5% 1 33.3%

8

4

1

2

103.10

727.00 0

0 0.0

16 100.0%

0

0.0%

7

14.3%

10

20.4%

10

20.4%

2

4.1%

2

4.1% 0

0.0%

15

9

3

2

267.06

11,945.74 2

2 25.1

250

35.8%

449

64.2%

129

13.6%

235

24.7%

158

16.6%

87

9.1% 16 1.7% 2 100.0%

5

3

0

0

62.81

3,131.88 3

4 48.9

67

51.9%

62

48.1%

44

17.2%

52

20.3%

40

15.6%

12

4.7%

6

2.3% 4 100.0%

18

9

4

2

269.15

6,584.71 2

2 5.6

551 32.8% 1,127 67.2%

430

18.2%

625 26.5% 497 21.0% 168 7.1% 87 3.7% 2 100.0%

71

30

17

10

245.32

2,387.63 0

0 0.0

250 39.4%

384

60.6%

120

24.7%

227

46.8%

164

33.8%

57

11.8% 8

1.6% 0

0.0%

13

5

0

0

64.00

3,048.60 3

4 13.4

270

29.5%

646

70.5%

188

20.7%

302

33.2%

123

13.5%

61

6.7% 14 1.5% 2 50.0%

410

172

11

6

1,411.95

364.69 0

0 0.0

7

22.6%

24

77.4%

11

37.9%

17

58.6%

10

34.5%

3

10.3% 1

3.4% 0

0.0%

12

8

0

0

150.91

1,329.55 0

0 0.0

54

42.5%

73

57.5%

32

27.4%

46

39.3%

37

31.6%

7

6.0%

4

3.4% 0

0.0%

0

0

3

3

34.09

3,243.56 0

0 0.0

216 28.7%

537

71.3%

96

14.4%

195

29.3%

150

22.5%

74

11.1% 13 2.0% 0

0.0%

81

33

21

11

496.76

TIER THREE

729.85 2

2 10.7

85

62.0%

52

38.0%

30

22.1%

43

31.6%

56

41.2%

5

3.7%

3

2.2% 0

0.0%

163

52

74

16

1,271.87

10,873.15 4

6 35.3 336

17.2% 1,618

82.8%

360

19.5%

616

33.3%

323

17.5%

139

7.5% 33 1.8% 5 83.3%

16

9

15

6

182.40

1,800.47 0

0 0.0

75

30.5%

171

69.5%

46

19.9%

82

35.5%

52

22.5%

27

11.7% 7

3.0% 0

0.0%

55

24

9

6

498.83

2,965.46 0

0 0.0

312 25.4%

918

74.6%

264

24.0%

456

41.5%

387 35.2%

181 16.5% 12 1.1% 0

0.0%

73

31

8

5

218.56

2,761.86 2

2 3.8

494

27.1% 1,326

72.9%

372

25.4%

546

37.3%

370

25.3%

180 12.3% 10 0.7% 1 50.0%

68

33

21

11

167.79

415.83 3

3 12.1

75

69.4%

33

30.6%

24

23.3%

42

40.8%

34

33.0%

2

1.9%

2

1.9% 2 66.7%

189

91

11

10

807.43

2,899.06 7

9 20.9

372

29.1%

907

70.9%

257

20.6%

430

34.5%

259

20.8%

76

6.1% 23 1.8% 7 77.8%

341

118

238

110

1,346.07

TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Colquitt Cook Crisp Dade Elbert Evans Fannin
Franklin Gilmer Grady Harris Jones Lanier Laurens
Lee McDuffie Monroe Morgan
Pierce Pike Putnam Sumter Tattnall Thomas Toombs

45,835 17,277 22,736 16,285 19,109 10,775 25,322 22,820 30,674 24,819 33,915 28,470 10,425 47,330 29,470 29,302 27,113 18,412 19,307 18,217 21,730 29,847 25,334 44,779 26,999

83.6 876

75.8 372

86.0 1,634

95.6 148

57.4 1,067

60.2 141

61.2 976

84.5 395

66.3 668

55.0 421

69.0 314

72.8 462

54.4 315

60.0 1,787

79.5 895

85.0 1,113

66.8 341

51.4 320

59.3 366

82.7

81

61.6 710

68.0 566

53.2 245

82.1 2,468

74.8 1,471

1,911.20 4

4 8.7

286 31.5%

622

68.5%

173

19.8%

295

33.7%

184 21.0%

117 13.4% 9

1.0% 4 100.0%

89

47

16

7

229.08

2,153.15 0

0 0.0

187 47.8%

204

52.2%

86

23.1%

154

41.4%

99

26.6%

32

8.6% 12 3.2% 0

0.0%

35

20

14

6

283.61

7,186.84 0

0 0.0

422 24.2% 1,319 75.8%

243

14.9%

562 34.4% 326 20.0% 159 9.7% 25 1.5% 0

0.0%

19

13

1

4

87.97

908.81 0

0 0.0

97

63.0%

57

37.0%

26

17.6%

51

34.5%

40

27.0%

7

4.7%

3

2.0% 0

0.0%

100

60

13

11

693.89

5,583.76 3

4 20.9

414

52.7%

372

47.3%

197

18.5%

287

26.9%

228

21.4%

76

7.1% 20 1.9% 2 50.0%

291

119

321

148

3,202.68

1,308.58 1

1 9.3

3

30.0%

7

70.0%

3

2.1%

4

2.8%

3

2.1%

0

0.0%

7

5.0% 0

0.0%

79

34

10

4

825.99

3,854.36 0

0 0.0

298 26.6%

822

73.4%

156

16.0%

280

28.7%

285 29.2%

135 13.8% 8

0.8% 0

0.0%

47

23

6

2

209.30

1,730.94 3

6 26.3

179

43.9%

229

56.1%

109

27.6%

145

36.7%

127

32.2%

67

17.0% 12 3.0% 5 83.3%

354

148

217

108

2,502.19

2,177.74 2

2 6.5

278 38.1%

451

61.9%

175

26.2%

232

34.7%

241 36.1%

100 15.0% 15 2.2% 2 100.0%

46

24

15

9

198.87

1,696.28 1

1 4.0

192 43.4%

250

56.6%

108

25.7%

193

45.8%

137

32.5%

33

7.8% 15 3.6% 0

0.0%

5

5

1

1

24.18

925.84 0

0 0.0

190 49.0%

198

51.0%

86

27.4%

136

43.3%

151

48.1%

61

19.4% 14 4.5% 0

0.0%

207

90

50

25

757.78

1,622.76 0

0 0.0

282 59.7%

190

40.3%

110

23.8%

183

39.6%

173

37.5%

57

12.3% 8

1.7% 0

0.0%

87

38

14

3

354.76

3,021.58 1

1 9.6

116 34.8%

217

65.2%

87

27.6%

121

38.4%

95

30.2%

34

10.8% 9

2.9% 1 100.0%

23

14

11

9

326.14

3,775.62 6

6 12.7 496

26.7% 1,360

73.3%

390

21.8%

710

39.7%

357

20.0%

132

7.4% 53 3.0% 1 16.7%

509

207

133

68

1,356.43

3,036.99 1

1 3.4

288 28.4%

726

71.6%

170

19.0%

275

30.7%

237 26.5%

112 12.5% 13 1.5% 1 100.0%

33

17

5

2

128.94

3,798.38 3

3 10.2

491

42.4%

666

57.6%

222

20.0%

390

35.0%

333 29.9%

132 11.9% 27 2.4% 2 66.7%

244

102

226

108

1,603.99

1,257.70 0

0 0.0

258 73.9%

91

26.1%

31

9.1%

126 37.0%

98

28.7%

30

8.8% 14 4.1% 0

0.0%

25

9

2

6

99.58

1,738.00 0

0 0.0

109 31.9%

233

68.1%

86

26.9%

135

42.2%

87

27.2%

36

11.3% 10 3.1% 0

0.0%

159

72

26

23

1,004.78

1,895.69 1

1 5.2

126 32.6%

261

67.4%

110

30.1%

152

41.5%

107

29.2%

55

15.0% 7

1.9% 1 100.0%

88

41

8

4

497.23

444.64 0

0 0.0

40

47.1%

45

52.9%

22

27.2%

26

32.1%

35

43.2%

15

18.5% 0

0.0% 0

0.0%

44

23

3

5

258.00

3,267.37 1

2 9.2

233 31.1%

517

68.9%

165

23.2%

223

31.4%

213

30.0%

73

10.3% 13 1.8% 2 100.0% 207

115

28

33

1,081.45

1,896.34 7 13 43.6 313 53.1%

277

46.9%

177

31.3%

263

46.5%

177

31.3%

58

10.2% 16 2.8% 9 69.2%

60

38

34

27

314.94

967.08 1

1 3.9

74

26.5%

205

73.5%

87

35.5%

111 45.3%

94

38.4%

38

15.5% 11 4.5% 0

0.0%

126

40

24

14

592.09

5,511.51 4

4 8.9 1,138 36.6% 1,968

63.4%

624

25.3% 1,063 43.1%

722

29.3%

299 12.1% 24 1.0% 2 50.0%

38

26

4

2

93.79

5,448.35 4

4 14.8

76

6.7%

1,062

93.3%

132

9.0%

281

19.1%

238 16.2%

122

8.3% 18 1.2% 3 75.0%

145

61

16

7

596.32

TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Towns Union Upson

11,506 23,459 26,135

62.9 341 66.3 559 84.0 520

Baldwin Bartow Bulloch Butts Catoosa Coweta Dawson Dougherty Effingham Floyd Glynn Gordon Habersham Haralson
Hart Jackson Lamar Liberty Lowndes Lumpkin Madison Murray

44,906 105,054 76,149 24,059 66,550 143,114 24,379 89,502 59,982 97,613 85,282 57,089 44,567 29,256 25,794 67,519 18,599 61,386 115,489 32,873 14,106 39,782

177.3 1,393 217.9 3,909 104.4 3,257 128.3 626 394.3 3,063 288.8 3,020 105.9 853 287.7 3,737 109.4 1,899 188.9 5,414 189.7 3,544 155.1 2,109 155.5 1,584 102.0 1,189 108.5 1,092 178.1 3,157
99.8 270 129.5 3,978 220.2 4,409 105.9 1,670
99.6 553 115.0 444

2,963.67 1

2 17.4

116

56.9%

88

43.1%

45

13.2%

69

20.2%

64

18.8%

34

10.0% 5

1.5% 2 100.0%

74

34

16

10

2,382.88 2

3 12.8

185

25.0%

554

75.0%

131

23.4%

217

38.8%

227 40.6%

103 18.4% 13 2.3% 1 33.3%

156

64

60

22

1,989.67 2

2 7.7

238 53.6%

206

46.4%

93

17.9%

149

28.7%

105

20.2%

42

8.1%

7

1.3% 0

0.0%

49

29

6

11

TIER FOUR

3,102.04 2

3 6.7

645 40.1%

964

59.9%

240

17.2%

459

33.0%

464 33.3%

175 12.6% 23 1.7% 3 100.0%

14

6

10

8

3,720.94 4

6 5.7 2,266 58.1% 1,637

41.9%

746

19.1% 1,087 27.8%

551

14.1%

826 21.1% 45 1.2% 5 83.3%

296

160

100

72

4,277.14 5

6 7.9

974 27.9% 2,518 72.1%

545

16.7% 1,062 32.6% 839 25.8% 310 9.5% 41 1.3% 3 50.0%

131

83

16

20

2,601.94 1

1 4.2

217 33.0%

440

67.0%

162

25.9%

246

39.3%

186

29.7%

91

14.5% 14 2.2% 0

0.0%

164

70

88

36

4,602.55 1

1 1.5

743 21.8% 2,664 78.2%

583

19.0% 1,050 34.3% 787 25.7% 322 10.5% 27 0.9% 1 100.0% 543

309

78

56

2,110.21 2

2 1.4 1,045 32.3% 2,195

67.7%

840

27.8% 1,135 37.6%

580

19.2%

495 16.4% 46 1.5% 0

0.0%

1,330

469

804

345

3,498.91 0

0 0.0

230 26.0%

655

74.0%

190

22.3%

292

34.2%

275 32.2%

103 12.1% 12 1.4% 2

0.0%

150

94

19

11

4,175.33 9 11 12.3 1,407 26.7% 3,869

73.3%

833

22.3% 1,404 37.6%

756

20.2%

300

8.0% 40 1.1% 7 63.6%

243

133

57

51

3,165.95 2

2 3.3

612 24.0% 1,940 76.0%

480

25.3%

934 49.2% 690 36.3% 288 15.2% 28 1.5% 2 100.0% 125

61

54

39

5,546.39 4

4 4.1 1,689 27.4% 4,479

72.6% 2,098 38.8% 2,739 50.6% 1,073 19.8%

377

7.0% 106 2.0% 3 75.0% 1,746

824

1,307

708

4,155.62 9 11 12.9 1,318 33.2% 2,649

66.8%

609

17.2% 1,014 28.6% 1,137 32.1%

588 16.6% 51 1.4% 10 90.9%

42

13

9

3

3,694.23 4

5 8.8

960 42.7% 1,287 57.3%

396

18.8%

775 36.8% 617 29.3% 162 7.7% 27 1.3% 3 60.0%

418

257

66

58

3,554.20 3

6 13.5 532

30.1% 1,238

69.9%

335

21.2%

627

39.6%

474

29.9%

186 11.7% 30 1.9% 5 83.3%

287

162

59

40

4,064.12 2

2 6.8

500

33.0% 1,014

67.0%

358

30.1%

527

44.3%

371

31.2%

140 11.8% 33 2.8% 1 50.0%

79

38

21

13

4,233.54 0

0 0.0

227

18.5% 1,002

81.5%

241

22.1%

377

34.5%

304

27.8%

123 11.3% 15 1.4% 0

0.0%

431

160

489

200

4,675.72 5

8 11.8 1,125 32.6% 2,322

67.4%

760

24.1% 1,199 38.0%

931

29.5%

298

9.4% 48 1.5% 7 87.5%

477

179

186

60

1,451.69 0

0 0.0

86

28.7%

214

71.3%

59

21.9%

112

41.5%

62

23.0%

27

10.0% 6

2.2% 0

0.0%

26

17

14

8

6,480.30 1

1 1.6

675 11.9% 5,018 88.1%

555

14.0% 1,342 33.7% 696 17.5% 378 9.5% 60 1.5% 1 100.0% 351

157

140

80

3,817.68 2

2 1.7 1,523 30.9% 3,410

69.1%

876

19.9% 1,534 34.8%

769

17.4%

333

7.6% 69 1.6% 1 50.0%

236

147

58

39

5,080.16 2

2 6.1

409 22.0% 1,446 78.0%

784

47.0%

988 59.2% 540 32.3% 227 13.6% 21 1.3% 2 100.0% 204

107

54

26

3,920.32 2

3 21.3

276

47.7%

303

52.3%

124

22.4%

165

29.8%

192

34.7%

76

13.7% 11 2.0% 3 100.0% 292

100

159

56

1,116.08 1

1 2.5

220 49.1%

228

50.9%

124

27.9%

189

42.6%

121

27.3%

62

14.0% 17 3.8% 1 100.0% 361

188

40

29

782.20 920.76 210.45
53.44 376.95 193.04 1,047.43 933.13 1,491.12 693.22 335.19 298.42 3,127.66
59.80 847.80 776.36 341.81 3,566.72 981.95 215.07 799.86 254.57 784.84 3,197.22 1,007.99

TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Newton Oconee Peach Pickens
Polk Spalding Stephens
Tift Troup Walker Walton White Whitfield

108,078 38,028 27,099 31,588 42,085 65,380 25,890 40,598 69,786 68,939 91,600 29,453 104,658

367.3 3,107 178.0 369 184.3 871 126.8 1,514 133.6 2,630 326.1 3,123 146.1 1,679 154.9 2,741 161.9 2,108 154.0 2,509 257.2 3,042 112.8 2,096 353.2 3,179

Barrow Bibb
Chatham Cherokee
Clarke Columbia Douglas
Fayette Forsyth
Hall Muscogee Paulding

79,061 152,862 290,501 247,573 127,064 151,579 143,882 112,549 227,967 199,335 194,058 159,445

432.7 3,838 622.8 1,797 621.7 3,720 508.3 3,005 979.1 8,159 427.6 3,253 661.8 3,901 548.3 1,260 783.5 4,151 457.5 4,362 877.5 12,400 455.8 4,283

2,874.78 9 14 13.0 1,122 33.7% 2,207

66.3%

858

27.6% 1,192 38.4%

798

25.7%

295

9.5% 85 2.7% 12 85.7%

963

433

607

339

1,452.65

970.34 1

2 5.3

198 49.9%

199

50.1%

38

10.3%

138

37.4%

86

23.3%

18

4.9%

6

1.6% 2 100.0% 184

85

61

35

644.26

3,214.14 1

1 3.7

321 32.1%

680

67.9%

280

32.2%

380

43.6%

213 24.5%

116 13.3% 17 2.0% 0

0.0%

68

31

16

11

309.97

4,792.96 1

2 6.3

469 27.7% 1,222 72.3%

354

23.4%

557 36.8% 465 30.7% 211 13.9% 28 1.8% 2 100.0%

51

17

13

10

202.61

6,249.26 0

0 0.0

985

35.1% 1,820

64.9%

469

17.8%

944

35.9%

573

21.8%

240

9.1% 57 2.2% 0

0.0%

142

83

84

71

537.01

4,776.69 5

6 9.2 1,302 40.8% 1,889

59.2%

772

24.7% 1,014 32.5%

775

24.8%

179

5.7% 47 1.5% 6 100.0% 197

114

27

19

342.61

6,485.13 1

2 7.7

615 35.1% 1,136 64.9%

400

23.8%

596 35.5% 403 24.0% 183 10.9% 24 1.4% 2 100.0% 268

156

87

43

1,371.19

6,751.56 3

3 7.4

562 17.5% 2,651 82.5%

526

19.2%

868 31.7% 646 23.6% 272 9.9% 48 1.8% 1 33.3%

320

171

103

65

1,041.92

3,020.66 4

9 12.9 879

29.4% 2,109

70.6%

564

26.8%

868

41.2%

628

29.8%

334 15.8% 33 1.6% 8 88.9%

653

284

240

137

1,279.63

3,639.45 5

6 8.7 1,183 36.2% 2,084 63.8%

426

17.0% 1,020 40.7% 199

7.9%

60

2.4% 44 1.8% 3 50.0%

580

331

67

52

938.51

3,320.96 1

1 1.1 1,053 32.9% 2,152

67.1%

696

22.9% 1,110 36.5%

771

25.4%

328 10.8% 56 1.8% 1 100.0% 338

168

181

126

566.59

7,116.42 1

1 3.4

387

16.8% 1,921

83.2%

360

17.2%

691

33.0%

681

32.5%

347 16.6% 9

0.4% 0

0.0%

271

117

69

33

1,154.38

3,037.51 5

7 6.7 1,270 38.9% 1,994

61.1%

569

17.9% 1,069 33.6%

847

26.6%

331 10.4% 36 1.1% 3 42.9%

859

527

91

58

TIER FIVE

4,854.48 5

6 7.6 1,364 32.4% 2,840

67.6%

845

22.0% 1,334 34.8% 1,060 27.6%

435 11.3% 66 1.7% 4 66.7%

466

145

188

72

907.72 827.21

1,175.57 17 18 11.8 664

36.7% 1,144

63.3%

384

21.4%

621

34.6%

357

19.9%

114

6.3% 26 1.4% 13 72.2% 1,092

582

698

435

1,170.99

1,280.55 17 24 8.3 1,350 32.4% 2,811

67.6%

611

16.4% 1,240 33.3%

831

22.3%

249

6.7% 146 3.9% 16 66.7%

786

369

175

109

330.81

1,213.78 8 11 4.4 1,661 53.1% 1,466

46.9%

742

24.7%

981

32.7%

975

32.5%

373 12.4% 52 1.7% 6 54.5% 1,025

437

227

119

505.71

6,421.17 5

5 3.9 2,555 29.4% 6,129

70.6% 1,455 17.8% 2,758 33.8% 2,148 26.3% 1,081 13.2% 85 1.0% 3 60.0%

781

377

433

241

955.42

2,146.08 4

9 5.9 1,062 27.6% 2,789

72.4%

709

21.8% 1,002 30.8%

394

12.1%

719 22.1% 36 1.1% 8 88.9%

265

82

80

30

227.60

2,711.25 12 18 12.5 1,482 40.3% 2,195

59.7%

829

21.3% 1,199 30.7%

791

20.3%

307

7.9% 79 2.0% 12 66.7% 1,018

436

447

279

1,018.20

1,119.51 2

3 2.7

723 54.6%

602

45.4%

366

29.1%

500

39.7%

348 27.6%

100

7.9% 29 2.3% 2 66.7%

237

94

108

48

306.53

1,820.88 6 11 4.8 1,449 28.6% 3,614 71.4%

572

13.8% 1,137 27.4% 379

9.1%

146 3.5% 64 1.5% 10 90.9%

990

489

340

231

583.42

2,188.28 8 12 6.0 2,292 51.2% 2,183

48.8% 1,046 24.0% 1,588 36.4% 1,403 32.2%

754 17.3% 119 2.7% 7 58.3%

593

342

49

40

322.07

6,389.84 18 21 10.8 4,435 34.1% 8,559 65.9% 2,153 17.4% 3,401 27.4% 2,053 16.6% 898 7.2% 213 1.7% 14 66.7% 1,448

515

966

395

1,243.96

2,686.19 6

8 5.0 1,271 28.7% 3,156 71.3%

447

10.4% 1,317 30.8% 358

8.4%

130 3.0% 97 2.3% 7 87.5%

829

401

321

193

721.25

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TPOs Per Capita
Stalking LongerTerm Orders
Stalking ExParte Orders Family Violence Longer-Term
Orders Family Violence
Ex-Parte Orders % Firearm as Cause of Death Firearm as Cause of Death % Firearms
Firearms
% Victim Substance Use # Incidents w/
Victim Substance Use
% Offender Substance Use # Incidents w/
Offender Substance Use % Child(ren)
Present # Incidents w/
Child(ren) Present
% Child(ren) Involved
# Incidents w/ Child(ren) Involved
% Incidents w/ Non-Arrests
# Non-Arrests
% incidents w/ Arrests
# Arrests
Fatalities Per Capita
Fatalities
Fatal Incidents
FV Incidents Per Capita
# FV Incidents
Population Density
Population
County

Richmond Rockdale

201,800 90,312

618.4 6,823 656.5 3,598

Clayton Cobb Dekalb Fulton
Gwinnett GEORGIA

285,153 1,832.5 11,854

755,754 2,026.4 17,880

753,253 2,585.7 25,327

1,041,423 1,748.0 12,857

920,260 1,871.2 20,457

9,909,983

168.4 287,337

3,381.07 11 16 7.9 1,008 13.7% 6,340

86.3%

540

7.9%

1,849 27.1% 1,478 21.7%

515

7.5% 70 1.0% 13 81.3%

550

272

114

77

329.04

3,983.97 3

4 4.4 1,577 39.3% 2,431

60.7%

733

20.4% 1,426 39.6%

803

22.3%

361 10.0% 31 0.9% 3 75.0%

836

378

313

145

TIER SIX

4,157.07 14 17 6.0 6,111 46.2% 7,112 53.8% 2,510 21.2% 3,618 30.5% 2,188 18.5% 798 6.7% 247 2.1% 14 82.4% 3,896 1,354 1,674

749

1,272.26 1,953.34

2,365.85 29 41 5.4 6,564 32.4% 13,679 67.6% 5,548 31.0% 5,745 32.1% 3,913 21.9% 2,025 11.3% 335 1.9% 36 87.8% 2,819 1,681 1,105

801

519.22

3,362.35 34 40 5.3 9,170 26.7% 25,157 73.3% 4,859 19.2% 8,908 35.2% 3,468 13.7% 2,677 10.6% 562 2.2% 30 75.0% 6,521 2,308 2,192 1,147

1,156.72

1,234.56 60 75 7.2 3,776 24.7% 11,491 75.3% 2,175 16.9% 3,735 29.1% 1,531 11.9% 1,065 8.3% 209 1.6% 55 73.3% 7,767 2,222 4,678 1,428

1,195.00

2,222.96 31 43 4.7 6,810 29.6% 16,200 70.4% 5,306 25.9% 6,661 32.6% 3,959 19.4% 1,741 8.5% 290 1.4% 28 65.1% 5,774 2,471 1,793

892

822.27

2,899.47 497 652 6.6 98,900 30.8% 218,286 68.8% 59,963 20.9% 95,240 33.1% 60,504 21.1% 28,452 9.9% 5,176 1.8% 472 72.4% 58,067 24,612 24,066 12,224

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