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In FY07, IDJJ commitment rates for black youth ages 13 to 16 were five times those of white
youth (RRI=5.05). Hispanic youth IDJJ commitment rates were approximately equal to those of
white youth (about 1 percent lower; RRI=0.99). Zero Asian youth were committed to IDJJ in
FY07. Table 13 shows the relative rate indices and commitment rates per 1,000 youth for youth
ages 13 to 16 by race and ethnicity.
Table 13
Youth IDJJ relative rate indices, FY07*
Black Asian Hispanic White
RRI 5.05 0.00 0.99 --
Commitment rate per 1,000 5.39 0.00 1.05 1.07
Sources: Illinois Department of Corrections and U.S. Census Bureau
*The population used for corrections calculations is between 13 and 16 years of age.
Map 13 and Map 14 highlight counties where black and Hispanic youth, respectively, made up at
least one percent of the youth population 13 to 16 years old and indicates relative rate indices in
FY07. Asian youth were not over-represented in any of the 18 counties where they constituted
more than one percent of the general youth population as no Asian youth were committed to IDJJ
in FY07.
In FY07, 19 counties committed no youth between the ages of 13 and 16 to IDJJ. Additionally,
45 counties committed no black youth ages 13 to 16 to corrections and 60 counties admitted no
Hispanic youth to IDJJ.
A designation of “no commitments” in Map 13 or Map 14 indicates the county either admitted
no youth to IDJJ or admitted no black or Hispanic youth.
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