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A Profile of the Macoupin County Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems Research and Program Evaluation in Illinois: The Extent and Nature of Drug and Violent Crime in Illinois' Counties JO DAVIESS STEPHENSON WINNEBAGO BOONE MCHENRY LAKE CARROLL OGLE KANE DEKALB DUPAGE COOK WHITESIDE LEE 120 S. Riverside Plaza, KENDALL WILL Suite 1016 ROCK ISLAND BUREAU HENRY LASALLE Chicago, Illinois 60606 GRUNDY MERCER PUTNAM KANKAKEE STARK MARSHALL Tel: (312) 793-8550 KNOX LIVINGSTON WARREN HENDERSON Fax: (312) 793-8422 PEORIA WOODFORD IROQUOIS TDD: (312) 793-4170 FORD TAZEWELL MCLEAN MCDONOUGH FULTON HANCOCK MASON www.icjia.state.il.us DEWITT VERMILION SCHUYLER CHAMPAIGN LOGAN MENARD PIATT ADAMS BROWN CASS MACON SANGAMON DOUGLAS MORGAN EDGAR Prepared by PIKE SCOTT MOULTRIE CHRISTIAN COLES SHELBY The Research and GREENE CLARK MACOUPIN CUMBERLAND Analysis Unit CALHOUN MONTGOMERY JERSEY EFFINGHAM FAYETTE JASPER CRAWFORD BOND MADISON CLAY RICHLAND LAWRENCE MARION CLINTON ST. CLAIR WAYNE WABASH WASHINGTON EDWARDS JEFFERSON MONROE Rod R. Blagojevich PERRY HAMILTON WHITE RANDOLPH Governor FRANKLIN JACKSON SALINE GALLATIN Sheldon Sorosky WILLIAMSON HARDIN Chairman UNION JOHNSON POPE PULASKI MASSAC Lori G. Levin ALEXANDER Executive Director December 2004 A Profile of the Macoupin County Criminal and Juvenile Justice Systems Break This project was supported by Grant # 02-DB-MU-0017, awarded to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, coordinates the activities of the following programs, offices and bureaus: Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Office for Victims of Crime. Points of view or opinions contained within this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1016 Chicago, Illinois 60606-3997 Telephone (312) 793-8550 Telefax (312) 793-8422 World Wide Website http://www.icjia.state.il.us ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A number of organizations and individuals put a great deal of effort into the development of this document. The Authority’s Research and Analysis Unit is very grateful for the assistance provided by the following organizations: Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts Illinois Department of Children and Family Services U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census Illinois Department of Corrections Illinois State Police This document was put together by the following Research and Analysis Unit staff: Sharyn Adams Jessica Ashley Robert Bauer Christopher Humble Christine Martin Adriana Perez Idetta Phillips Michelle Repp CONTENTS Section Page Number I. Introduction ...............................................................................................................................1 II. Law Enforcement Activities in Macoupin County.....................................................................3 III. Adult and Juvenile Court Activity in Macoupin County .........................................................12 IV. Jail Populations in Macoupin County......................................................................................20 V. Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect in Macoupin County .................................................22 VI. Appendix I (Map of Illinois Counties within a Metropolitan Statistical Area).......................26 VII. Bibliography............................................................................................................................27 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page Number Figure 1. Total Violent Index Offense Rates in Macoupin and Other Urban Counties .....................4 Figure 2. Total Property Index Offense Rates in Macoupin and Other Urban Counties....................5 Figure 3. Index Arrest Rate in Macoupin and Other Urban Counties ................................................6 Figure 4. Drug Arrests in Macoupin County ...................................................................................7 Figure 5. Drug Arrest Rates in Macoupin and Other Urban Counties..............................................8 Figure 6. Cannabis Seized in Macoupin County..............................................................................9 Figure 7. Cocaine and Methamphetamine Seized in Macoupin County.........................................10 Figure 8. Felony and Misdemeanor Filings in Macoupin County ..................................................13 Figure 9. Felony Filing Rates in Macoupin and Other Urban Counties..........................................14 Figure 10. Juvenile Delinquency Petitions Filed and Adjudicated in Macoupin County ..................15 Figure 11. Sentences Imposed on Felons Convicted in Macoupin County.......................................16 Figure 12. IDOC New Court Commitments from Macoupin County, by Offense Type...................17 Figure 13. Juvenile Court Commitments to the IDOC Juvenile Division from Macoupin County....18 Figure 14. Total Adult and Juvenile Active Probation Cases in Macoupin County..........................19 Figure 15. Average Daily Population of the Macoupin County Jail.................................................20 Figure 16. Average Daily Jail Population Rates, Macoupin and Other Urban Counties ...................21 Figure 17. Substance-Exposed Infants, Reported and Verified Cases in Macoupin County .............22 Figure 18. Reported and Verified Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect in Macoupin County.............24 Figure 19. Rate of Verified Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect, Macoupin and Other Urban Counties..................................................................................................................25 FOREWORD The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority is a state agency created in 1983 to promote community safety by providing public policymakers, criminal justice professionals and others with information, tools and technology needed to make effective decisions that improve the quality of criminal justice in Illinois. The Authority provides an objective system-wide forum for identifying critical problems in criminal justice, developing coordinated and cost-effective strategies, and implementing and evaluating solutions to those problems. The specific powers and duties of the Authority are delineated in the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 20, Sec. 393/7). Two of the Authority’s many responsibilities are serving as a clearinghouse of information and research on criminal justice and undertaking research studies to improve the administration of criminal justice. Since 1989, the Authority’s Research and Analysis Unit has received funds under the federal Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to document the extent and nature of drug and violent crime in Illinois and the criminal justice system’s response to these offenses. As a result of these efforts, the Authority has amassed a large amount of data measuring the extent and nature of drug and violent crime in Illinois and the impact these crimes have had on the criminal justice system. To put this information into the hands of Illinois’ criminal justice policymakers in a useful summary format, the Authority’s Research and Analysis Unit has developed profiles of the criminal justice system for each county in Illinois. In 1994, the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority produced a series of reports detailing criminal justice system activity levels for each of Illinois’ 102 counties. As a result of the positive response by local criminal justice officials, in 1996 the Authority updated and expanded the scope of these reports to reflect current criminal and juvenile justice activity. It is hoped that these 2004 updated reports will be as valuable, if not more, than the original versions. In addition to providing policymakers with an overview of activities across the components of the justice system in their county (law enforcement, courts and corrections), the profiles also provide perspective by including trends experienced in counties with similar population sizes. While the data presented in this report are by no means inclusive of all indicators, they do provide a general overview of crime and the criminal justice system’s response. In addition, these data are readily available and consistently defined through existing statewide data collection mechanisms. The information presented in this profile has been provided to the Authority by a number of state agencies, specifically: the Illinois State Police, the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, the Illinois Department of Corrections, and the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The support and cooperation of these agencies and their staffs have helped make this report an informative and timely source of information on the activities of the criminal justice system in Illinois. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority's Web-based clearinghouse of criminal justice data available at: http://www.icjia.state.il.us. I. Introduction Macoupin County, located in central Illinois, covers an area of 866 square miles and had a 2003 population of 49,055, according to estimates by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of the Census. Using these figures, Macoupin County was the 11th largest county in Illinois geographically, but 30th largest
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