Table 6.

Persons with LFOs Sample Criminal Justice Characteristics (N = 519)

Measure	Mean	SD	Observed N
Ever incarcerated	0.948	0.221	388
Incarceration length (in months)	31.2	50.5	338
Number of felonies	2.68	4.47	498
Felony property offense	0.346	0.476	353
Felony violent offense	0.201	0.401	353
Felony drug offense	0.348	0.477	353
Felony sex offense	0.023	0.149	353
Felony other offense	0.176	0.381	353
Number of misdemeanors	6.0	12.2	492
Misdemeanor property offense	0.250	0.434	364
Misdemeanor violent offense	0.159	0.366	364
Misdemeanor drug offense	0.170	0.376	364
Misdemeanor sex offense	0.008	0.091	364
Misdemeanor traffic offense	0.310	0.463	364
Misdemeanor other offense	0.107	0.310	364
LFO amount assessed
0	0.006	0.077	499
<$500	0.140	0.348	499
$501–1,000	0.102	0.303	499
$1,001–2,000	0.154	0.361	499
$2,001–3,000	0.104	0.305	499
$3,001–4,000	0.064	0.245	499
$4,001–5,000	0.050	0.218	499
$5,001–6,000	0.050	0.222	499
$6,001–7,000	0.026	0.159	499
$7,001–8,000	0.024	0.153	499
$8,001–9,000	0.032	0.176	499
$9,001–10,000	0.026	0.159	499
More than $10,000	0.218	0.413	499
Payments deducted from work–payment check	0.135	0.342	497
Made payments on LFOs	0.718	0.450	504
Total paid on LFOs	$3,282	$8,895	328

Source: Authors’ tabulation.