Table 5: Overall Compliance Rate Cases
$ Assessed
$ Collected
Preliminary Compliance Rate
$ Converted
Overall Compliance Rate
One
68
$70,975.82
$45,931.43
65%
0
65%
Two
8
$7,569.00
$6,253.00
83%
0
83%
Three
22
$10,927.00
$10,831.00
99%
0
99%
Four
22
$12,935.82
$8,305.39
64%
0
64%
Five
11
$3,486.73
$2,096.00
60%
$436.73
73%
Six
8
$1,784.67
$1,370.67
77%
0
77%
Seven
20
$7,216.82
$6,589.00
91%
0
91%
Eight
24
$13,886.70
$8,320.00
60%
0
60%
Total
183
$128,782.56
$89,696.49
69.65%
$436.73
69.99%
Court
For the most part, there was little distinction between the overall compliance rate (69.99%) and the preliminary compliance rate (69.65%) for the entire sample because the conversion of monetary penalties into days of jail time occurred in only two cases. Finding 2: Converting dollars to jail time resulted in a 13% increase in compliance for one court. Although the overall compliance rate for the entire sample was not significantly affected by the two cases that had monetary penalties ($436.73) converted into days of jail time, the overall compliance rate for a single court (court 5) showed an increase from 60% to 73%. In those two cases, the court converted and documented the monetary assessment into days of jail time. In effect, this court established an implied conversion formula of $216.58 dollars for 45 days in jail for one case and $220.15 for 45 days in jail in another case. Unfortunately, neither of the sampled cases had documentation of community service imposed due to an inability to pay.
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