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Social context<br />

The data elements examined in this section describe the social setting in which youth live,<br />

including numbers of reported domestic offense incidents, reported <strong>and</strong> indicated cases of child<br />

abuse <strong>and</strong> neglect, reported <strong>and</strong> indicated cases of sexual abuse, reported crimes against children,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the number of <strong>Illinois</strong> Department of Corrections inmates with children.<br />

Studies show that a youth’s exposure to violence <strong>and</strong> instability in their homes <strong>and</strong> communities<br />

are significant risk factors for delinquency. 13 Exposure to domestic violence <strong>and</strong> community<br />

violence also increase the likelihood that a youth will experience school disruption <strong>and</strong> poor<br />

academic performance, which are also risk factors for delinquency.<br />

Domestic violence<br />

Domestic offense incidents are reported by local police departments to the <strong>Illinois</strong> State Police<br />

(ISP) as a part of the <strong>Illinois</strong> Uniform Crime Reporting (I-UCR) supplemental reporting<br />

program. Figure 4 depicts the rate of reported domestic offense incidents by region from 1997<br />

through 2007.<br />

Figure 4<br />

Rate of reported domestic offense incidents per 100,000 persons<br />

in the general population by region, 1997 – 2007<br />

1,800<br />

Rate per 100,000 persons<br />

1,600<br />

1,400<br />

1,200<br />

1,000<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007<br />

Calendar year<br />

Source: <strong>Illinois</strong> State Police<br />

Cook Northern Central Southern <strong>Illinois</strong><br />

In 2007, 115,006 domestic offense incidents were reported to the I-UCR supplemental reporting<br />

program, a decrease of 12 percent from the 130,944 incidents reported in 2002 <strong>and</strong> a 10 percent<br />

increase from 128,407 in 1997.<br />

In 2007, the state rate of reported domestic violence incidents was 895 reports per 100,000<br />

persons in the general population, a decrease of 14 percent from 1,041 in 2002. Rates of<br />

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