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Detention
In 2007, the rates of admission to secure detention of black youth ages 10 to 16 were six and a
half times those of white youth (RRI=6.50). Hispanic youth detention rates were slightly higher
than those of white youth (RRI=1.25). Asian youth were committed to detention about one-tenth
the rate of a white youth (RRI=0.08). Table 12 shows the statewide relative rate indices and
detention rates by race and ethnicity in Illinois in 2007.
Table 12
Youth detention relative rate indices by race and ethnicity in Illinois, 2007
Black Asian Hispanic White
RRI 6.50 0.08 1.25 --
Detention rate/1,000 34.84 0.43 6.71 5.36
Sources: Juvenile Monitoring Information System and U.S. Census Bureau
Map 11 and Map 12 highlight counties where black and Hispanic youth, respectively, made up at
least one percent of the youth population 10 to 16 years old and their detention relative rate
indices for 2007.
In 2007, six counties admitted no youth ages 10 to 16 to detention, 40 counties admitted zero
black youth or white youth to detention. Additionally, 58 counties reported admitting zero
Hispanic youth ages 10 to 16 to detention in 2007. A designation of “no admissions reported” in
Map 11 or Map 12 indicates that the county either admitted no youth to detention or did not
admit black or Hispanic youth to detention in 2007.
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