Juvenile Justice System and Risk Factor Data - Illinois Criminal ...

Table 17 shows the number of youth placed in county jails in 2007 in violation of the Jail
Removal Act. In 2007, there were 51 jail removal violations.
Table 17
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act jail removal violations
in county jails, 2007
County jail Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
DeWitt 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6
Jackso n 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jasper
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 5
Kankakee 3 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 10
Logan 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Marion 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Mason 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Perry 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Piatt 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 14
Schuyler 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Woodford 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Total 7 2 6 2 6 6 2 1 5 6 2 6 51
Source: Illinois Department of Human Services
Females in th e juveni le just ice syste
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Although fewer females enter the juvenile justice system than ma les, the past decade has brought
an increase in female involvement with the juven ile justice sys tem. In 2007, research from the
National Center for Juvenile Just ice found that
female involvement at several points in the
juvenile justice system had increased significantly across the nation.
31 This increase signals a
greater need for female-specific programming. Before a complete understanding of the breadth
a nd depth of the need for gender-specific programming can be established, the extent to which
females are involved in the juvenile justice system must be understood.
An Authority examination of delinquent girls in the Illinois juvenile justice system revealed that
girls were significantly more likely to be involved at all stages of the juvenile justice system for
less serious offenses, especially for misdemeanor battery and retail theft. 32
A few initiatives focus on girls in the juvenile justice system in Illinois. The Cook County
Bureau of Public Safety established the GIRLS LINK Collaborative to address this issue by
changing policies that affect girls in Cook County’s juvenile justice system. 33 Although GIRLS
LINK does not provide services to delinquent females, the program does work to create avenues
for participating agencies to be more responsive to gender-based issues. OJJDP has recognized
GIRLS LINK as a national model.
The Cook County Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department established Project
RENEW (Reclaim Empower Nurture Embrace Womanhood) in 1998. The purpose of Project
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