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

Illinois juvenile justice system data
Arrests
In calendar year 2007, 48,065 arrests of youth were entered into Illinois’ computerized criminal
history record (CCH) system, a rate of 3,831 arrests for every 100,000 youth ages 10 to 16.
Arrests for property offenses accounted for 32 percent of arrests entered, 28 percent were for
offenses against a person, 13 percent were for drug offenses, and 0.7 percent were for sex
offenses. In calendar year 2007, 58 percent of arrests were of black youth and 41 percent were of
white youth. Ethnicity is not captured in Illinois arrest data; therefore, the number of Hispanic
youth arrests was unknown. Most youth arrests were of males (78 percent). Currently, the
reporting of misdemeanor arrests to the CCH system is voluntary.
Courts
Delinquency petitions
In calendar year 2007, 20,956 new delinquency petitions were filed in court for youth ages 10 to
16—a rate of 1,670 for every 100,000 youth 10 to 16 years of age and an 1 percent increase in
the statewide rate from calendar year 2002.
Adjudications
In calendar year 2007, there were 6,902 adjudications of delinquency among youth ages 10 to
16—a rate of 550 for every 100,000 youth age 10 to 16 and a 31 percent rate decrease from
calendar year 2002. However, Cook County data for adjudications were unavailable for 2007. In
2005, the most recent year these data are available, Cook County had 4,991 adjudications of
delinquency.
Detention
In calendar year 2007, there were 14,154 admissions of youth ages 10 to 16 to secure detention
statewide—a rate of 1,128 youth for every 100,000 youth ages 10 to 16 and a 10 percent
decrease in the statewide rate from calendar year 2002.
Transfers to criminal court
In calendar year 2007, 88 detained youth outside of Cook County were transferred to the adult
criminal court. Cook County data on detained youth transferred to criminal court were
unavailable.
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