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I Individuals managing each of tbe data sources coveCed in this report provided important information about data collection I / Data Sources on the Incidence and system problems. We thank each of these persons for their of Arson in Illinois cooperation and assistance. The Information Systems Subco.m.mit;.. I 1;..ee of the Gov:errior 's Arsol{ Advisory Board provided helpful in­ formation and assistance. '~ur thanks extends to the Subcommit­ November 4, 1977 tee's, members, eS..:..t>ecially Stephen Tapke, for their contri bu- I 0 Revised March, 1981 i;--· it. tionsT.")} J,

I All SAC papers, from the first draft to final printing and By James R. Coldren, 'Jr. dissemination, are the result of coordinated efforts from the I with the assistance of Dan Lipshultz entire staff. We appreciate the contributions made by each and every staff member toward the completion of this paper. I Statistical Analysis Center CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS J. David Coldren, Director

(J I ILLINOIS LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION Daniel H. Weil, Chairman I William Holland, Acting Executive Director ;- I I 1\ '0.

U.S. Department of Justice J National Institute of Justice This document has been reproduced exactly as received from the person or organization originating it. Points of view or opinions stat7d # :1 in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily f. ' represent the official position or policies of the National Institute of .. Justice. . Permission to reproduce this copyrighted material has been ~ granted by • • "{,'I - Illinois Law Enforcement Comm1ss1on

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Acknowledgments ...... ~ ...... i Inoidence of Arson in Illinois." In the three years since the

Introduction • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ~ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• 1 publication of that paper advances have been made in arson in­ Data Sources , ' • e· • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 formatforrreporting systems at the state level and nationwide. Illinois Uniform Crime Reports ..•...... ~ ...••••••••.•. 5 The most significant stimulus for these advances has been the Chicago Police Department Bomb and Arson Sectiqn •••... 13 recognition by law enforcement officials and citizens that arson Illinois Courts D~ta .....•.....•...... •••... ~ ••.••.. 16 is a serious ~roblem requiring concerted efforts toward its pre­ Illinois Dep~rtment of Corrections ....••..•.•.••.••... 19 vention. Significant, also, was the legislation passed by Con­ Office of the State Fire Marshal ....•.••...... ••.... 22 gress in October. of 1978 mandating that arson be included as an Metropolitan Chioago Loss Burea~ ~ .... • • 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • 28 Index offense in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform 1 Summary and Conclusions ...... II ••••••••••••••••••• 30 Crime Reporting Program. The availability Of' arson data in Appendices • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••• ~ •••••• eo. • • •• 3.1 Illinois and nationwide has changed in recent years due to these Appendix A: Summary Table of Illinois Arson Data '--I and other developments. Thii paper makes these changes known to Sources ...... • . • . . • • . . • . • • . . .. 3 1 L users of Illinois criminal justice data. Appendix B: Statistical Analysis Center - Illinois Uniform Crime Reports (SAC-IUCR) 0 Illinois Law concerning arson has changed in recent years. Data Elements ...... • • ...... • . .. 33 Until 1973, three arson offenses were defined by the Criminal (.{ppendix C: Map Detailing the Illinois Circuit 11 Code of Illinois: ,I L\'/ \ Court Boundaries •..••.••...... ••..••.•..• 38 Appendix D: Chief Judges and Circuit Clerks of - arson; [( - possession of explosive or incendiary devices; Court in the Illinois Courts .. ~~ .•...•.•.•. 40 ; ,".: and ~ / Appendix E: Corrections Information System~ r':j attempt~d arson "",- II1 , ~;~ ("~IS) Data Elements ...... ••••..••••••. 47 ~J." . ' In October of 1977, Illinois law de~~ned a new arson offense: AppendixF: H P~operty Insurance Loss Register aggravated arson. The legal defini~[on of the four arson offens­ ,(P'ILR) Data Elements •..•.•....•.••..•••...• 50 [J es presently recognized by Illinois'\J."e.!'l~A Illinois Revised, Stat­ Appendix G: Nationa~ Fire Incident Reporting utes, 1979, Chapter 38, Articre 20, Sections 20-1 et.seq., and System (NFIRS) Data Elements ..•••• r ••••••• 53 1 The Index offenses (prior to this law) \1 were Murder and ~,I Non-negligent manslaughter, Forcible Rape, Robbery, Aggra­ 0 vated Assault, Burglary, Larceny-Theft, and Motor Vehicle

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~.Jl.~ ..eect "'------_.. _.. 2 m m 3 '.>. Arson m m reasonably should kno~ t~at one or more persons are A person commits arson when, by means of fire or pre~ent therein 6r (2) any person s~ffers ~reat bod­ explosive, he knowingly: I ,I ily harm, or permanent disability or disfigurement as a result of the fire or explosion or (3) a fire­ (a) Damages any real p~operty, or any personal I J ma~ or policeman who 'is present at the scene acting property having a value of $150 or more, of another in the line of duiy, is injured as a result of the without his consent; or i I fire or explosion. Attempted Arson (b) With intent to defraud an insurer, damages any or any property having a value I I ~~operty pe~sonal 0 of $150 or more. A person commits an attempt when, with intent to I m commit a specific offense (e.g. arson), he does any Property "of another" means a building or other act which constitutes a substantial step toward the property, whether real or personal, in which a per­ I m" commission of that offense. son other than the offender has an interes~ which the offender has no authority to defeat or impair, I m Arson is a crime that poses difficult reporting problems. even though the offen der· may a 1 so h a ve an ·.L~nterest Any single arson inCident can involve as many as three agencies in the building or property. j that collect arson data. It will usually involve at least one I of them, unless' the. crime is never detected.or reported, in Possession of Explosive or Incendiary Devices which case no data are collected. The three agencies are (1) I :1 fire departments, (2) police departments, and (3) insurance A person commits the offense of possession of agencies. Each of these agencie$ collects and reports different explosives or Incen" d"lary dev'"ces_ l"n vl"olation of I I kinds of information about arson, and although some overlap this Section when he possesses, manufactures or takes place, an accurate description of the arson problem in transports any explosive compound, timing or deton­ IllinOis would be unobtainable without considering these three I I sources. ating device for use with any explosive compound or incendiary device anq either intends to use such .~ explosive or device to commit any offense or knows I This paper describes six major sources of data on arson in Illinois; that another intends to use such explosive or de­

vice to commit a felony. I D <, :' IllinOis Uniform Crime Reports; r-1 Aggravated Arson 1 Chicago Police Department Bomb and Arson Unit; I I:.,.) IllinOis Courts; - IllinOis Department of Corrections; ,--:) Office, of the State Fire Marshal; and A person commit;'a~gravated arson ~hen by means L - Metropolitan Cbicago Loss Bureau. I _oJ of fire pr explosive he knowinglY'd~mages1 partially or totally, any build~ng or structure, including any For each source, this report provides information concerning I rJ-....: adjacent building or structure, and (1) he knows or f~ur aspects ~i the quality and availability of arson data: (1) f] I I ...

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ILLINOIS UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS how the data are gathered, (2) the data available, (3) limita­ .1 tions characterizing the data, and (4) how the data may be ob­ The Illinois Uniform Crime Reports (IUCR) is a source of da­ tai.ne~L j". ta concerning arson offenses known to the police, the reported nature of ~he offenses, arson arrests, and property losses and o For the readerls~convenience, terms specific to law en­ homicides due to arson. for:cement and/or arson are defined in a glossary on the final pages of this paper. Each word in this paper that is' followed Data Collection by an asteris,k (*) is defined in ,the glossary. Appendix A con­ tains a chart tha.t summariz.es the kinds of arson data available The Illinois Department of Law Enforcement (DLE) administers from the various sourc,es cov'ered i,n this paper. the uniform crime reporting program, as mandated by law (Illi- , .,. nois Revised Statutes, 1976, Chapter 38, ~ectiQn 206-8). Each month all police agencies in Illinois (includi~g university po­ lice, railroad police, and other special policing agencies) are required to report crime data to DLE on standard forms. Some agencies report data to DLE through the Sheriff's Office in their bounty, instead of reporting directly to DLE. DLE orga­ I nizes and maintains the statewide IUCR database from these re- o ported data, and disseminates monthly and quarterly reports back 1 1< 1 .1 to the police agencies. In addition, DLE makes IUCR data avail­ ~ ~ able to other criminal justice agencies, research~rs, students, j g and other data users. I D n ~\ ,I'I The IUCR data collection process is complex. Data may be ~} ]J .. I " :I I i I submitted via computer terminal, by mail on standard forms, on ,! ':1 Ii computer tape, cards, or printouts in standard formats. Offense ~t ::\ ,E ;1 I data may be submitted either in a summary or a detail~d format. it (i;) ;j An agency submitting offense data in summary format reports ag­ , ;1 Ii E gregated monthly totals of crime blassifications (i.e., numb~r ,I ! of murders per month reported to police). For these agencies, ~ ,\ each crime type is reported as a single record each month. i J Agencies reporting in the detailed format submit incident-level l~ data. Each record in their monthly r~p6rt is a reported crimi- ~ .. ti nal offense. Arrest, property loss, and homicide data are re­ j )1 ported at th~ incident level by all P9li~e agencies. DLE re­ ;, 'I quires that specific data on all crimes be reported, and also 11 . ( allows agencies to report optional data. Due to the variety of >{, ~i , ,.-1, I,; , O'l

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'n the IUCR program, the s~me cr1'me data are ,J SAC-IUCRrl Offense Data reporting options 1 . '. There is a ~ 1/ olice agencies in Ill1no1s. not available for all p . '1 ble for all police depart- that is avaJ. a core of data, however, . t' on arson statewide. j BAC-IUCR ofTense data describe arson offenses reported to ments,. an d that would provide 1nforma 10n . . 11 I the police. They include data pertaining to orrenses reported, I]A J cleared", and unfounded", and the handling of persons charged wi th the offenses. SAC-Iu'CR offense data are avaj,lable in two Available Data I formats; agency-monthly, and county-yearly. The agencY-monthly files provide, ~or each Police agency in Illinois (excluding the da SAC and fl"'om DL E.2 SAC I ta are available from t D.LE Chicago Police Department, see "Limitations," pages and IUCR to data reques s. 10 11 data solely through responses the IUCR II provides standard reports generated from of this report), for each mon~h, and for each arson crime provides data through . lized data requests, and catego'~y defined in the "Introduction" on pages 1 to 4 of this database, tl:lrough responses to ~pec~a Illinois. The kil:;;>~ of n paper, the IUCR offense data listed in Appendix B. The county_ its annual publication, Cr1me 1n . through SAC and DLE are rev1ewed below. yearly files provide the same, data as the agency-monthly files, arson data available from './ n but the data are yearly totals for each Illinois county. SAC-IUCR Arrest Data / ' 3 In SAC: The IUCR Database ., n SAC-IUCR arrest dat~ describe arrests made for arson of- i {,1 r Four different kinds of arson da t a ar e available d from the fenses. I Unlike offense data, which describe reported crime in- k SAC-IUCR offense,Arrest, property loss, an homicide. fJ cidents, arrest data describe persons arrested for reported of­ i! Each type files: d "bed briefly below. Complete lists df of data is escrJ. d fenses. SAC-IUCR arrest data for arson include data pertaining II the data elements available for each type are provide in Ap- to the numbers of persons arrested for arson offenses, and their pendix B, pages 3 3 - 37 of this paper. f ,',I age, sex, and race. These data are available from SAC in three 1 f 1 formats: incident, agen9Y-monthly, and county-yearly. The in­ J I cident arrest files provide, for each arrest made by a police I' 2 d' DLE's IUCR In 1977 SAC undertook the P~og:~~m~far:b~r~~gof I~CR data. agency in Illinois (inclu.ding the Chicago Police Department), files into SPSS.fo~mat, an for the Social SC1ences! a SPSS is the Stat1st1cal Packa~er data analysis. See N1e, the arrest data listed in Appendix B. The agency~monthly and i setet. al.',of computerized. SPSS, McGraw-.1 p~?fra~~OkoCO., 1970, 1975. county-yearly arrest files provide. different kinds of. arrest~ information, aggregated along the same lines as the offense data I 3 'lable from SAC-IUCR 1 The following descri~tion of dat~e~:~~ed' informa~ion about described above, as well as by age, race, and sex of arrestee. i files is summary In,nature'd about limitations ,to th: 'J the stru6ture of the flIes, an roblems with arson ~nform~ \:." :J SAC-IUCR Property Loss Data . data indirectly r~la~~~ s~g ~ublication, IllinO!s Un1- :1 tion, is presented 1nu ' Guide and Codebooks •. !h1S re- IJ form ~rime Reports se~ s from the sAC off1ce. port 1S ava1Iable f~ee. of charge . SAC-IUCR property loss data describe, for arson offenses, I the type and value of the property destroyed, and other particu­ lars relating to police responses to property, loss offenses. ',' I These data are available from SAC in the incident format. property loss files provide, for each arson offense, the The , listed in Appendix B. data

L L / !'I ( / .-" . ' .~ 8 0 9 SAC-IUCR Homicide Data I ~I DLE has pub~ished arson data in Crime in Illinois since SAC-IUCR homicide data describe, for homicides due to ar- I 1973. These data, compiled from the computerized IUCR database, ~l . son, the offender, the victim, the relationship between the vic­ .\ have been summa~y in nature, and have been reported in different tim and the offender, and the circumstances surrounditig the formats over the years. Each year since 1973 two tables con­ crime. These files provide, for each homicide that is reported m taining arson data have been published in Crime in Illinois: the by' an Illinois police agency, the homicid~ data elements listed Annual Property Analysis by Offense and the Offense Summary. in Appendix B. ~ The Annual Property Analysis by Offense reports, for all ar­ The SAC-IUCR d~ta files consist mainly of data reported to m son offenses in a certain year, the following data: DLE that have been reformated to meet user needs. Certain vari­ JI ables were added to the original data to enhance the possibili­ - total number of offenses actually occurring*. - percent contribution of total arson offenses' ties for data analysis. This additional information identifiee m to all property crimes; and which Illinois court circuit, planning region, or Common Charac­ total dollar value destroyed. teristic Grouping (CCG)*, and to which felony or misdemeanor m class an arson record applies. The Offense Summary reports, for a certain year for each ar­ son category (and for all c~tegories combined), the following DLE: IUCR Database I data: " DLE's computerized files provide the same kinds of arson in­ m number of arson offenses known to the police; - number and percentage of reported arson offenses formation provided by the SAC-IUCR files, but in slightly dif­ unfounded; ferent formats. Arson offense, arrest, homicide, and property - number referred to another jurisdiction; - number actually occurring; loss data are ~vailable in the form of DLE's standard reports number of arson offenses cleared due to: for various geographic and administrative levels, including: mIII a) exceptional clearances, Q) arrest of adult, c) arrest of juvenile, and / police agency; ~ total and percentage of arson offenses cleared. - county; planning region; G - Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area Since 1978 two other tables containing summary arson data (SMSA)*; have been published in Crime in Illinois: the Annual Arson Anal­ - any group~ng of police agencies; and - any other grouping along county lines. ysis by Place, and Arson Arrests. DLE maintains arrest, homicide, and property loss dat§t for all The Annual Arson Analysis by '.' police agencies in Illinois in incident files. Offense and Place reports the following data for property loss data are maintained in incid~nt files for the a certain 'year for each of a number of place categor- ies~ agencies that report those data in the detailed format. Arson data can be provided in time periods other than years ~i.e., monthly, quarterly). - pumber of offenses occurring during~the day*' ')Umber of c1fferises occurring at night*. ' .. . "0 number oC offenses' occurring at an un'nown time . total number and percent distrtbution of offense~. . Md ' :~ o ;, - dollar value destroyed. , I ------,--I----~------~~.~~J.r~------D------.~------~--~----'--~n1=====~~===_~~~:~~ .. " -----_.. ; ~", ,.------. .- .I 10 I 11

The Arson Arrests table reports, for th~ current and pre­ lacking from the IUCR database' for all previous vious year (including p~rcentof change figures)~ the age, race, II years. and sex of arson arrestees using thefollow,ing categories: ID 2) Now, arson is the only Index offense that i£ re- Age: - adult* ,corded in addition to the most serious Index of- juvenile* m fense in cases of multiple offenses. This pre­ Race: White sents problems in interpreting' Index offenses - Negro Mexiban j I totals, and in comparing Index offense data Indian ,across the time of the change in the reporting - other policy. In addition, the current DLE policy, in Sex: - male '\1 accordance with FBI offense reporting standards, female. is to score one arson offense regardless of the I J I number of offenders involved in the incident. Limitations I 'Prier to 1980, one arson offense was scored in II "i I the IUCR database for each offender involved in a IUCR arson data are limited for a number of reasons. The ! Q single arson incident. This further complicates chief limitation is due to underreporting. Not all arsons are arson offense data analysis. distinguishable from other fires, and not all arsons are report­ I D ed to the police. Some are dealt with by a fire department or The property loss 'and homicide. incident data files have other agency such as the Office of the State Fire Marshal (see o special limitations worth mentioning. The accuracy of dollar pages 22 to 27 of this paper). m loss figures 'concerning al'son is questionable due to the likeli­ n hood that some property owners inflate the estimates, and that Until recently, the DLE procedure for recording multiple m,l the police officers have no other information to rely on. The Index offenses was to score the most serious offense on the re­ I} ',n !. U SAC-IUCR homicide incident data files ~{L not cover the years porting form. In January of 1980, in response to , change in "'/ ! 1972 and 1973. the FBI's reporting policy, this policy was changed. Now since 'I D arson has become an Index offense (see page 1 of this paper), in ·1 j :::-; ~J There are also limitations to IUCR arson data that result cases of ~mul tiple" Index offenses including arson, tbe' arspn and .j) , \ j n 'from problems"that arise with all data reporting systems: inac­ the most serious offense are recorded in the, IUCR database. m lIB ! curate coding, late reporting, and the like. See the SAC publi­ This policy change highlights tvto important points: 'j Ii cation, Illinois Uniform Crime Reports ~ser's Guide a8d Code~ ./ U books, and the DLE publ~cation, Crime in Illinois, for more dis- 1) The Chicago Police Department (~PD) only reports cussion concerning limitations of IUCR data. 6 Offense data to DLE for the Index offenses. It U began reporting arson offense data to DLE in Jan­ Access uary of 1980. 4 CPD arson offense data are '" 11, i For 'concerning the Illinois Uniform Crime Re- 4 Phone interv iew'wi th the IUCR Supervisor at DLE, 7/21/80. 1nfor~ation t It is important to note here that DLE has a strict policy I ports project at DLE, contact the IUCR Supervisor at: 1 regarding the dissemination of CPD data. It will only II disseminate the totals for arson offenses Teported to the ,1 "

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...... ~ . - / H' ·""...... ,,...... '-h=-""~.~ __.'""'T ______.. ""_ ~~ 12 G I 13 ':1 " / CHIC~GO POLICE DEPARTMENT BOMB AND ARSON SECTION .( 2 f7) 782 -3 3 1 0 , ~ I Requests for standard or special data reports from DLE, ~r for I The Bomb and Arson Section of the Chicago Police Department copies of Crime in Illinois " shou,.1d be directed to the D.i vision ~ (CPD) responds to reported arson offenses. The Bomb and Arson of Support Services at: Section is a source of arson offense and iricident data for th~ I, I City of Chicago only. It is included in this report bedause CPD Department of Law Enforcement arson offense data are not included in IUCR data for all years Diyisio~ of Support, Services prior to 1980, and Chicago arson offenses make up a large por­ J I BU'reau (~;/ Iden,tift'cation m tion of the statewide total. 300 Ar~ory Building Springfield, Illinois 62706 I Data Collection All requests concerning SAC-IUCR-arson data should be di­ m rected to the Statistical Analysis Center at: " \ :i I Ea~rt time a fire incident is reported to the Chicago Police m ./-~'- ' Departrh~nt a police offLcer is dispatched to the scene. If, upon (312) 454·~1560 I I" on-the-scene investigation, including consultation with the Chi­ SAC's address is: 1. cag~ Fire Department, the fire is thought to be suspicious, the j" I' Bomb and Arson Section is requested to investigate the fire. ,I ~~ J 1 m '; .,f The Bomb and Arson Section then goes to the scene of the fire j Illinois Law Enforcement Commission Criminal Justice Information Systems an~ conducts its own investigation. Thus, two sources of arson Statistical Analysis Center I 120 South Riverside Plaza m information are generated by the Chicago Police Department: 1) Chicago, Illinois 606Q6 the information contained in the incident reports, and 2) the I I information collected through the Bomb and Arson Section's in­ [I vestigations. m t [I Available Data '" n I Arson data are maintained in three different formats by the . Chicago Police Department. Some data are contained in the De- " t~ ',' , ", .. i I partment's computerized information system. Summavy statistics " j , a~e available from the Bomb and 'Arson Section, and also from the f. I '1 ~ annual Statisticai Summary published by the Department.

~ Dep:~rtment' I The s computerized files c07tain limited arson data. They ~ only provide information con~erning the number of tl arson incidents occurrin~ in the C~ty of Chicago. I"

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The Bomb a~d Arson Bection maintains its pwn arson data in Access addition to those it provides to the qomputerized system. These data are summary ,in' nature and cover arsonoccurr.ences, ?-rrests Requests f~r copies of the Statistical Summary should be di­ made, types of lop at ions, and the like. The foliowing data are rected to the Superintendent of th~ Chicago Police Department, maintained and bompiledby the Bomb and Arson Section for each I, at the following address: arson investig~ted:

'.' Sup&rintendent, Chicago Police Department -' beat number of occurrence; 1121\;, South State Street investigating officer's name; Chicago, Illinois 60605 address of incident; - location type; :,' " Data from the Chicago Police Department's computerized - type of structure; I, ,1 time of incident; files, or from the Bomb and Arson Section, are, generally avail­ - cause of fire; able upon request to persons with legitimate reasons for obtain­ - disposition of offense; - motive; ing the data. Arson data are provided to individual requestors number of :,people arrested; and with permission from the Commander of the Bomb and Arson Section number of 'injuries. caused by the fire. or the Superintendent. Persons wishing to obtain arson data from the Chicagr) Police Department should contact the Commander The annual 'Stat'istical Summary published by the Chicpgo Po­ II} lice Department contains very lim/~ ted arson data. Each y~ar the 1m of the Bomb and Arson Section. Information about the Section's number of arson "scenes investigjlted," and the number of :arrests investigating and data gathering activities can be obtained from , ". for age, sex, a~d race categOri~~ are reported in the Statisti­ the Bomb and ,Arson Section. Section Officers will answer re­ 'I cal Summary. 1\ quests for arson data upon approval of the request by the Com­

1\" mander. The Commander and Section Officers may be reached at \\ the Chicago Police Department at this number: \ "I Oo'=/In response to the recent de\\ignation of arson as an Index ~: \: ~! offense (see page 1 of this papeK}, the Chicago Police Depart- '. , \ m,J Ij ment began reporting arson offense iir~.f>rmation to the IiIlinois (312) 744-6237. Department of Law Enforcement. DLE h~'s""l").ot det~rmined .Hhen it '\ will begin .disseminating CPD arson offense '~iata to the pU.blic. \;

Limitations ,II /1 , " , 1/ The arson data available from the ChiQ5?-go Police Department wIIJ,', are limited in the same manner as arson data available from DLE or SAC. Since some arson:::; are difficult to detect, inc,idences II of arson are undercounted. Inaccur,:i'cies that creep into re­ m .. ! ~ porting and information ststems may affect Chioago arson ~~ta as 1 I, well. 0 Jjj IJ -I' ;.:" 111 I Ij 11

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16 17 j '.. " .,11 G II " H,,~ ILLINOIS COURTS DATA il ,most extensive and accurate source of courts data concerning ,\ ) i e arson in Illinois. They consist of complete written records of j There are two main sources of courts data conc~rning arson . court proceedings in arson cases; and are maintained by each 1 in Illinois: The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, of . d . .1 1 ! I Jllinois' one hunared and two Cdrcuit Clerk's of Court. I and the Court's Files. The Ad~inistrative Office is the central repasi tory for· Illinois courts data. It provides limi ted arson I ,m Available Data data. The Court's Files, which are maintained for each of the twenty-one court circuits in Illinois, provide detailed iQforma~ I.W.~ Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts tion on each arson case that comes before a circuit court. I " These files are a more ~omprehensive source of arson data than The arson data published in the Annual Repov~-! are severely the Administrative Office, but they are not centrally located. I \~---' limited. Since 1973, the Annual Report has presented the number of indictments*, informations*, and defendants for arson cases Data Collection ~ in the Criminal Division of the County Department of the Cook County Circuit. Court. In 1978, the Administrative Office began Although. the Illiqois trial level courts are ~rgani~ed by I to publish the same information for the Municipal Department of circuits, data collection and reporting take place at the county the Cook County Circuit Court. 5 No other arson data are level. Each court circuit in Illinois consists of one or more ., ,I reported in the Annual Report . counties (see ~ppendix C for a map detailing the Illinios Ciruit ~ Court boundaries). The Circuit Clerk of Court in each cOLlnty is '" Court's Files the person responsible for recprdkeeping and reporting d~ta to m the Administrative Office. m n During the course of an arson case, many kinds of informa­ The Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts tion are recorded in the Court's Files, including, for each case: ~ In Each of the one hundred and two Circuit Clerks of Co~rt in - filing date; Illinois reports data to the Administrative Office on a monthly .·.·.1 n ;' I name of defendant; basis concerning all criminal cases processed. The Administra­ ~ ! demographic information concerning defendant; transcript of evidence; tive Office reviews and compiles these data, and eventually pub­ ~ report of proceedings; lishes them in. the Administrati ve Office i s Annual Repor~ t.O the ~ .)In informations; - indictments; Supreme Court of Illinois. I complaints*; ~.\ 'j n - judgments*; ~l commitments*; Court's Files sentence(s)*; :1 of U - orders*; and E _II bonds*. Each Circuit Clerk of Court in Illinois is required·to col­ 'j lect and maintain data concerhing e~rih criminal case that comes ~ 5 before the Court. Information concerning each court action co v- .1 D See, the SAC publi «(~ion, A. Guide.to the Sources of Data On. Criminal Case:s>- Processed in the Cook County Circuit ering arson and 'other criminal cases ismaintaine~ in manual Court, for detailed information concerning the organiza~ (not computerized) Court's Files. The' Court's Files are the In o. n tion of and data available from the Cook County Circdit Court. I D 'Jc~":"'l' 0 " a . ··.1d" . . '\ '" / --- I,

18 u 19 Limitations o m ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Extensive court datacono'erning arson are .available in The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) serves as the

accessibl~ o central repository for data concerning sentenced offenders in Illinois, but ·they ~re . the least of all the arson J ~ Illinois. data reviewed in this report. I Data Collection The arson data that are centrally located (Adminisxrative Office) are collected and maintained in such a manner th'at only Cook County arsori data can be singled out, and even they offer The data collected and maintained by the Department of Cor­ lLttle infor.mation. T.he mO'st extensive arson data in IRlinois rections are mainly inmate- and event-oriented, and they reside (Oourt's Files) are no t 1 oca t e d ·cen.trally and are not uniformly in both physical and comptiterized files. Each time a person is computerized. 6 Either Bpec~a. 1 arrangements must be ma'ae ,wi th committed to serve a prison sentence, IDOC initiates a manual the Clerk of Courts offices to have data, compiled from the file that contains demographic, historical, offense, and sen­ files,. or individuals must hand search the files. Although tence-related· data concerning the convicted offender. This file Court's Files. are public information, persons wishing to access is upda te'd a~d expanded as events occur (transfer to anothE!r more than a few files at a time must obtain permission from the institution, re-sentencing for other crimes, parole, release) .. d 'j Chief Judge of the Circuit Court in charge of the files to use ) D concerning the inmate, .and the file resides at the institution .J in which the person i~ confined. Approximately one week after the Court's resources for research. I I I I the admission of an inmate to any IDOC facility, some of the .J data from the manual file is entered into IDOC's computerized Access Corrections Information System (CIS). Some items are updatea in ~ D the CIS files as they change in the manual files. For information regarding Administrative .Office arson data, I ;1 for data requests, or to obtain copies of the Annual Report, .~ D Available Data contact the Administrative Office's Statistician at: "/ I I 0 IDOC disseminates information from its manual and computer­ ~he Administrative Office of the Illinois ~I Courts ized files through two channels. Requests from the general pub­ 30 N'orth Michigan Avenue, ·Room 2010 .. ~I lic are reviewed by IDOC's Rese~rch and Evaluation Section, and Chicago, Illinois 60602 D (312) 793-3250 :1 data are disseminated upon approval by the Section's Director. ~equests from local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies The names, addresses, and phone numbers of the Chief Judges 0 ~ :1 are handled by the Information Systems Unit atIDOC. and Clerks of Court for the twenty-one Illinois Circuit Courts " 1 are listed in Appendix D, pages 40 to 46 of this r.eport. I I ~ j n The data available from CIS files include, . for each per­ ! " son sentenced for an arson offense(s): 6 Some counties have computerized parts of their record­ ;1 . ~ 0 I ~ .. " 1 keepi~g prpce~ur.'9s.~ bu~ this has been undertaken on an J - CI.ge; ind(vidua~ basls, wlth 11ttle coordination between coun­ ~ - race; ties concerning, the parts' computeri'zed or' the methods - sex; (. ~ 0 used. I - years of education; o~ , .. -! D ... "". Io"'~ . .. ----...---,-,---""""" .- . " (J'" / 21 20 D.

Access religion; o employable job skills; military information; CRequests forIDOC arson data from law enforcement agencies county of residence; - prior Illinois convictions; and should be Hirected to the following address: - minimum and maximum sentence. A complete list of CIS data elements is located in Appendix E, Illinois Department of Corrections Information Systems Unit pages 47 to 49 of this report. 200 West Washington Springfield, Illinois 62786 (217) 785-9304 The data available from mamlal files includes' and e'xceeds

the data elements listed above and in Appendix E. Li.ke the " Requests from the general public for IDOC arson data, or for Court's Files, they contain informatibn concerning every event access to IDOC files, should be directed to the following ad­ that happens re'garding an inmate during his/her incarcer:ation, ~ dress: including sentence changes, test scores, di.sciplinary actions, parole hearings, and expected release dates. ~ n Illinois Departm~nt of Corrections m III Research Evaluatibn Section 160 North La Salle Street 11'\ Room 438 Limitations Il Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 793-6970 Like courts data, the most complete source of corrections data concerning arson is the manual files that reside in the various corrections institutions. Thus, they are difficult to access on a statewide basis. In addition, no single fil~ con­ tains ALL data concerning an inmate. The Master File at': each institution contains most of the data concerning an inmate, but other data may exist in manual files in the Medical, Psyohiat­ ria, or other divisions in that institution.

The centrally located and computerized data (CIS) are 'lim­ ited in the following ways. The computerized files do not con­ tain all of the data maintained in the manual files. In the past, the accuracy and completeness of CIS data has suffered due to computer system problems and lack of resources to update and upgrade the system. Th~ Department of Corrections has recently )) taken steps to' improve CIS data by auditing the system and modi­ fying the database. Current and future DOC computerized data,

then, will be more accurate and complete than data from past o years. I ~ " 00 ,

'-'----," ·----;------""'!_,-----'""r / 22 n If ' 23 OFFICE OF THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL OSFM maintains manual files of lnsurance-related. .i'nforma- n (r'k" I tion concerning suspicious fir~s in Illinois. Each time an in- The Office of the State Fire Marshal (O~FM) is responsible surance agency handles an insuranc~ claim for a fire "believed for collecting and reparting data concerning fires in Illinois. D to be caused by other than accidental means," it is required by In this capacity, o'SFM is a source of arson data. I m l~w (Illinois Revised Statute~, 1979, Cha~ter 73, Section 1153) Data Collection I to report certain data concern~ng the fire to OSFM. These data are reported on the "Notice of Fire" form, and l' 1 d th f -, nc u e e 01- Local fire departments . throughout Illinois are required ~ lowing items: by law to report data concerning all fires in their jurisdic­ 11 tions to OSFM (Illinois Revised Statutes, Chapter 127-1/2, Sec­ u - Name of Insured(s); tion 6). Currently OSFM uses two different data collecting sys­ 1 I - Date and Time of Fire; - Address and County of Fire; tems to capture these data, thoughoone system is being phased Insurance Company Name. out. ~ " - Policy Number; , I - Policy Term Dates; Ag·ent's Name; For many years local fire departments reported fire data ~ Agent's Address; to OSFM on "green report forms". The data from these Teports J - Insured's Address - Mortage or Loss Payee's Name. were manually coded and sorted by OSFM, and reported in its An- ,: " - Persons with Interest In Property or o Oth~r nual Report. I I" POllCY; - Suspected Origin and/or Cause of Fire; Other Insurance on Property· and Most fire departments now report data to OSFM according to ~ - Policy Amount(s). ' the standards of the National Fire Incident Reporting System I (NFIRS), but a few still report data on the green forms. Each m These data are only available to law enforcement officials. fire department participating in NFIRS submits a standard "Inci­ I dent Report" concerning each fire in its juris1iction tb OSFM , A fire insurance claims reporting system that will replace m., iI and, if necessary, a standard "Casualty Report." These data are I the system dsscribed above at OSFM with a computerized in~urance entered into computer files at OSFM and sent to the National claims information system has been propos~d by the Information Fire Data Center in Washington, D.C., which compiles special m J) Systems Sub-committee of the Governor's Arson Advisory Board. reports from the data and sends them back to the local depart­ Under this system, ~ll insur?nce companies in Illinois will be ments. As of November 1980, 788 of Illinois' approximately 1300 m:1 I required to report fire data to OSFM concerning all fires be­ [I\." local fire departments were in various stages of adopting NFIRS, lieved to be caused by "other than accidental means.~ These ,1 and about one-half of these were actually submitting data. 7 m data will be reported on standard forms curr~ntly used by the 1] . Property Insurance Loss Register (PILR), a national computerized In addition to operating data reporting systems, OSFM con­ claims reporting servic~ that operates in much the same manner ducts its own investigation of arsons and suspicious fires when, m n as the Metropolitan Chicago Loss Bureau (see pages 50 to 52 of called upon by local fire departments for assistance. OSFM fire ~his paper). For each non-accidental fire loss reported by an investigation reports, which are not computerized also serve as 1 m fJ lnsurance company, the following types of data will be reported a s6urce of arson data. to DSFM (s~e Appendix F for a full list ofPILR tiata elements): ~ 7 c' • D Phone interview with the NFIRS Supervisor at OSFM, ~ I o 11/12/80. IJ ,[] r

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Incident Report~ I name, age, and sex of insured; location of incident; n m II date and time of loss; -day, fuonth, and year the alarm was received; insurance company carrying the policy; time equipment arrived at scene; policy amount; 0 m Ij location of incident; replacement costs; - alarm method; 1 known cause of 10ss*; - action taken; number of losses by insured in the last five ~ 0 I - num~er of fire personnel used; years; and - number of injurie$ and/or fatalities; property type. - ignition form; ~ I - ignition factor; - stru:oture type; I These d~ta will be used primarily as an aid to law enforcement - flame, smoke, and water damage; investigations of csuspici?us fires. It is important to under­ - method of extinguishment; ~ 0 - dollar loss; and stand that these are not arson data per se. They are data con­ - property loss. cerning "suspici?us fires" in Illinois that may aid in the de- I/ ~} Casualty Reports: tection of arson~ In addition, the details of the reporting 0 system have not been finalized, and it is not clear whether sum­ - age of the casualty; 'I - time of inju~y; mary data will be available to the public or disseminated in a .~ 0 I - sex; regular fashion~, - severity of casualty; ,I 1 location; ~ J t1 - conditions preventing escape; Available Data activity at time of injury or death; cause of injury; and IJ U - action taken by emergency personnel. Prior to 1979, the ars,on 0data available from OSFM consisted of those data 60ntained in the OSFM fire investigation files. A m 0 These and otherNFIRS data pertaining to arsons are avail­ These data are limited compared to those available from NFIRS, ':7 ,( , able from OSFM or the National Fire Data Center. SOMe of these and consist of the followillg types 'of information: \ ' reports summarize NFIRS data for all fire incidents at the m 'J U . 1 state, county, or local level, and do ~ot distinguish between - date and time of incident; reporting agency; I} arsons, suspected arsons, and non-arsons. Five NFIRS reports property classification; n which would cdntain information concerning arson are described - cause of fire; a) accidental, .~ Q in brief below: b) incendiary, or .. ~ n I c) suspicious, - number of fatalities and/on"injuries; and 1) The BASE report provides a summary of almost eve~y estimated dollar amount of los~. I 11 1 n element contained on the Incident Report Form. J .~ . I I The data available from i

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27 26 0 1 I NFIRS data are incomplete for Illinois because not all lo­ The PROBLEMS report identifies; for each of the t~n 0 D cal fire depart~ents submit data to OSFM u~ing the NFIRS forms. Fixed' Property U~es recognized by NFIRS, the five hig;hest occurences for each of five factors, includ­ Full participation in NFIRS will not be achieved until so.metime 0 in 1981. Until more deparYJIlents participate in NFIRS, a deter- ing-the Ignition Factor. 0" .' (.?' ,j mination cannot be made about inaccuracies in the NFIRS database 4) The CROSSTAB report provides a cross tabulation of 0 .f n due to repo~ting and data management problems . .' r . I. . any two NFIRS data ele~~nts. 0 n Access 5) The TALLY report provides a frequency count for- each data element coded on NFIRS forms. Recent copies of OSFM's Annual Report are available from . " \ E n the OSFM offi.ce: Lind tations ~ ,n Office of the State Fire Marshal .. 3150 Executive Park Drive OSFM arson'data from the years prior to the introduction of CJ Springfield, Illinois 62706 NFIRS in 1979 are summary in nature and limited in soope. The ~ 0 (217) 782-9889 . data available to the public are only those th~t are reported in the- dSFM Annual Report, which include statewide casualties, ~' U For general information concerning OSFM activities, for arson da.ta, or for permission to see OSFM files, conta'ct the dollar losses, and totals for arsons and suspected arsons~ The OSFM investigation files from which the Annual Report data Illinois State Fire Marshal by writing or calling: are E~~ n compiled are not available for use or inspection to the general (217) 785-0969. pub~ic. Permission to see them must be obtained from the State Fire Marshal., ~ 0 ~ For information concerning NFIRS, or NFIRS data re:ports, ! ',. ! The arson data in the OSFM Annual Reports are additionally E 0 contact the Illinois NFIRS Director at OSFM:. f ' - ; limited. because OSFM does not investigate all arsons and suspi­ (217) 785-1016 I i cious fires in Illinois. The Chicago Police and Fire D~part­ fi i D I ments conduct their own investigations, and do not yet report '0 I 1 8 I arson data to OSFM. In addition, it is impossible for OSFM or an NFIRS Systems Analyst at: I ~I. n , ! investigators to respond to all reports of arsons or suspicious .1 (217) 785-1040 1 fires, due mainly to resource limitations. Thus~ arsons in Il­ I] 11 1 G 'J I, linois are undercounted by~OSFM. 1 } 'J D I ~ 1 8 The Chicago Polic~ Department is expected to begin -I sub- ~ .. 'j I' t) I mitting NFIRS data to OSFM sometime in 1983' 0 ",0" . I1 1 m 'l D· ,j

!I oI" i :: I " -.:. ..-" j ~:;a ;, ; . ~. ~------.-.-,=-~----- I .~~"'------I 28 0 29 I METROPO~\ITAN CHICAGO LOSS 13UREAU total fire claims; I u - total dollar loss; I comparison of incendiary fire costs to all fire The Metropolitan Chicago Loss Bureau (MCLB) is a non-gov- a costs; ernmental claims service bureau that collects and maintains data n - compar~sons with figures from previous years; I " I co~parl~ons between regular market values and Illi­ concerning fire loss claims for approximately one hundred Chica­ nOIS Fall" Access to Insurance Requirements (FAIR) go area insurance companies. This \l~presents approximately 80 Plan Act values (Illinois Revised Statutes 1980 -,' n _ Chapte:- 73, Section 1065.69, et.seq.)IU; and' percent of the dollar volume of fire insurance in the Chicago comparIsons between residential apd commercial los­ area. 9 It has been in operation for mo~e than fifty years ses. and represents the most accurate source of data concerning dol­ e lar losses due to fire in the Chicago area1 MCLB monthly report,s also include a comparison of losses ~\ under the FAIR Plan Act and the regular'market for a number of Data Collection different bttilding and property classifications. fi MCLB collects fire loss claim data from the claims submit­ Limitations ted by participating insurance agencies. MCLB reviews each ~ claim, and the data are sorted and stored manually. The data MCLB data are not valuable as estimators of arson inci­ are ti~ed to aid insurance investigators{and law enforcement of­ dents, arrests, or other criminal justice-related phenomena. ficials in arson and insurance fraud investigation. Claims are ~ They are valuable as an investigative aid, and as an indication submitted by insurance agencies in five Illinois counties: Cook, of dollar losses due to arsons and suspicious fires. Still, not Lake, DuPage, Will, and Kane, and one Indiana county: Lake. E all arson inOide~ts COme to the attention of MCLB, and data are compiled only for the Chicago area, so th.e data are not complete Available Data ~ for Illinois, or for the entire Chicago area. The data contained in MCLB files are very similar to those Access contained in _PILR files. They are insurance claim data that ~ , '; ~, identify the in'sured party( ies), the extent of the loss, the Requests tor information about MCLB, or for copies / of insurance oompany involved, the cause of the loss, and so on. e I monthly reports, should be directed to the MCLB Manag~r at: These data are available only,to insurance investigators and law enforcement officialsw ~ I M;tropolitan Ch,icago Loss Bureau 175 West Jackson Boulevard MCLB compiles monthly statistical reports that are avail­ Chicago,Illinois 60606 (312) 322-2500 able to the public upon request. These re~orts contain summary G statistics concer-ning incendiary, suspicious, and undetermined fires. These statistics include: afJ·In

9 Telephone interview with Donald Mershon, MCLB Manager, 0 11/15/80. 10 \( (! U The0~AIR plan is a program that enables building owners I;'\ "" to Insur~ their property against fires in arson risk ar­ eas that lnsurance companies normally would not insure. , n .,

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o I cc. More than three yearS agO, thi~ paper, documented the lack of acaurate arson data in Illinois, and stated that a concerted o. ef'fort to col,lect staterN'ide arson dat,a was needed. This update I 0. shm..rB that progress has bee.n made in two ,directions: 1) State­ wide reporting of detailed arson information to a' central com­ '0 o puterized source has been imp-lemented in Illinois, and 2) Coop­ er.ative efforts between insurance, fire, and law enforcement n ag£encies have been propo.sed. Arson has been declared an' Index Crime nationwide, and this has improved arson reporting in Illi­ u nois. The Chicago Police Department will begin reportini arson Appendix A,

offense data to DLE in the near future, and DLE has begun to It. " • -':T i report more arson data in the~r publioation containing summary o crime data. Summary Table. of Illinois Ar-son Data Sources

.,' Accurate arson data are needed at the state and local o levels in Illinois for important reasons. The rise in arson D'

-casualties and dollar losses in recent years has brought the '0 o arson problem to the forefront in Illinois. Arson' is ai' special category of crime that entails multiple criminal offenses (dam­ o \ ; age to property, damage to persons (at times), and insurance I"',,;' j II ",»,- , i fraud). As such, it draws together different sectors of public

/ protection and law enforcement, services (fire departments, po­ c .. lice departments, and iilsur.ance companies). . Accurate informa- D I tion concerning arson will aid in understanding the nature of \) .~". the crime, and will support arson preventioni, In addition, as .~ II programs designed to collect arson data and prevent arsons con­ -. \ ~ .. - ' , 1 tinue, accurate informationw'i.ll be needed to' evaluate and im­ I 18 0. ' ~5~ prove them. G' ! a : \ '. Complete and accurate reporting of statewide arson data has I not been realized in Illinois, but it is not impossible to ,,,,/,--.,,,.. , achieve. Accurate arson data for the state .require cooperative I 0 ~ efforts and improvements such as the ones described in this pa­ per. Real gains in arson data reporting and analysis are pos­ , G' I si ble in Illinois in the near future, if these efforts, are sus"­ tained. 11; ,0

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, ,-- number of persons arrested whose age was not n reported; () number of males arrested; number of females arrested; . in number of persons arrested whose sex was not reported; number or'-whi tes arrested; ,. 10 number of blacks arrested; .,. - number of persons of other races arrested; number of persons arrested whose race was not ." reported; ~. , ,. fl number of adult males arrested; J~ r ." ~ " n -. ... -' 1"Jr» •• _•.

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35 0 I 36 number of white adult males arrested; - number of black adult males arrested; 0 SAC-IUCR Arrest data available in incident files: number of adult-males of other races arrested; m number of juvenile males arrested; - the police agency that reported the arrest; - number of white juvenile males arrested; a' 1T:l the county the police agency resides in; - number of black juvenile males arrested; tiD - the month and year of the arrest; - number- of juvenile males of other races arrested; - the1~umber of persons the arrest record applies to; - number of adult females arrest~d; II - number of white adult females arrested; '\ m - age, sex, and race of the person arrested; number of black adult females arrested; - ~esidency of the person arrested; - number of adult females of other races arrested; beat number in which arrest was made; number of juvenile females arrested; n sub-beat or block number; numb(j;!, of white juvenile females arrested; I:":::' ~ d~y of month and week of arrest; - number of black juvenile females arrested; time of arrest; - number of juvenile females of other races D - badge number of arresting officer; arrested; m - manhours taken to complete arrest; - number of white males arrested; - police disposition; (arrested and held, released, - number of black males arrested; lJ referred, etc.); - number of males of other races arrested; - employment status of person arrested;' number of white females arrested; 1 "J; - legal status of person arrested (parolee, escapee, - number of black females arrested; I work releasee, etc.); and 12 - number of females of other races arrested; n:.... - wopk shift of arresting officer. - number of adult whites arrested; !D number of adult blacks arrested; number of adults of other races arrested; 0 SAC-IUCR Property Loss data available in incident files: - number of juvenile whites arrested; D - number of juvenile blacks arrested; - number of juveniles of other races arrested; - the agency the offense was reported to; - number of persons aged 1 to 4 arrested; n - the county in which the agency resides; - the year and month the crime was reported; - nUl1lber of persons aged 5 to 9 arrested; (;) - number of persons aged 10 to 14 arrested; 'l D - the ~umb13 of offenses to. which the record - number of persons aged 15 to 19 arrested; 0 applles; - number of persons aged 20 to 24 arrested; flO - type of building or area where the offense - number of persons aged 25 to 29 arrested; occurred; - number of persons aged 30 to 34 arrested; u - method used; - number of persons aged 35 to 39 arrested; - number of items destroyed; I D-. - type of property destroyed; - number of persons aged 40 to 44 arrested; '-1 - number of persons aged 45 to 49 arrested; - value of property destroyed; - number of persons aged 50 to 54 arrested; n - beat number in which offense occurred; - number of persons aged -55 to 59 arrested; II - sub-beat or block number in which offense numbel' of persons aged 60 to 64 arrested; occurred; - number of persons aged 65 to 69 arrested; u\ J~ day of month and week offense occurred; - number of persons aged 70 to 74 arrested; - time offense occurred; - number of persons aged 75 to 79 arrested; - time police officer arrived; - number of persons aged 80 to 84 arrested; (1 number of persons aged 85 and up arrested; 11 11 - number of persons aged 15 and 16 arrested; Dccasionally, agenCies report multiple number of persons aged 17 to 19 arrested; and single record. number of persons aged 17 arrested. n 12 It is iciportant to ~nderstand that, for property and ar­ rest incident data, many of the variables are optionally n reported by police agenCies. Data about :them are not available for all police agencies, only for those choOSing to report them. D 1 , 8 ;3 As 1"8 the case with incident data concerning property crimes, agencies report more than one arrest for a single 0j-""" i record. , I ----~~~------~----~~~,------~------.-.--,~*-q------. , ~ \,. R,,, __ "~_'_'._~_' ~ ". ,,,',," ."_~, ., ._ ..... _. __ To-'_'''~ ~ - '} t"~'~-'===""""""'==-====="""""'==-==<=------=""""""""~Til 37 0 I 38 II

-'badge number of golice officer; 1:1 - number of manhour's taken up by investiga t io:n; 0 - case status*; and III I'.1 -.work shift of officer. D' m I SAC-IueR Homicide data available in incident files: the agency the homicide was reported to; n . ~ I - the county the police agency resides in; - the month and year of the offense; - the age of the homicide victim; n - sex of homicide victim; Im I .race of victim; age of offender; - sex of offender; n m - race of offender; - relationship between victim and offender; ·m, Appendix C day of month of offense; fl m - weapon used*; ~ - circumstances surround5)hg homicide*; and Map Detailing the Illinois Circuit Court Boundaries - situation code*. G ·1 n IJ 0 n 0 t1

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Appendix D

Chief Judges and Circuit Clerks of Court in the Illinois Courts

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THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS OF ILLINOIS

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Source: Annual Report to the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts 1979

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<~, r £!.}=:, 41 l '" rI r-- Ie 10 First Judicial Circuit ,1 Hon. Robert J. Chase Circuit Clerk ., ~ Williamson County Courthouse Pope County Marion, 1L 62959 Golconda, 1L 62938 'J Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk ;I 1m Alexander County Pula:;;ki County Cairo, 1L 62914 Mound City, 1L 62963 If 1,\ !\ Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk U fi Jackson County Saline County II .\ 1L 62966 Harrisburg, 1L 62946 1 Murphysboro, ~ ~ Clerk Circuit Clerk .";" '1 Circuit Johnson County Union County ~, --1 (In Vienna, 1L 62995 Jonesboro, 1L 62952 f I·' Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Massac County Williamson County I 1,\ ~ Marion, 1L 62959 "1 Metropolis, 1L 62960 I , '\ I

,~ ,J all..t Second Judicial Circuit \ Han. Robert w. Whitmer Circuit Clerk 1i Wayne County Courthouse Hardin county I·1 Fairfield, 1L 62837 Elizabethtown, 1L 62931 \1 "\( ~ - '- It \,1 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk !,') , , Crawford County Jefferson County h , ~ Vernon, 1L 62864 \'l ,<:..\ , d Robinson, 1L 62454 Mt. !1,) \1I Cirouit Clerk Circuit Clerk I' .' J! Lawrence County -, ., 11 Edwards County tl Albion, 1L 62806 Lawrenceville, 1L 62439 u " F t Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk m Franklin County Richland County it t \ Benton, 1L 62812 Olney, 1L '62450 if 11 " of' ~ f, '. "<~, m Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk 1\ Gallatin County Wabash County 1 Shawneetown, 1L 62981~ Mt. Carmel, 1L 62863 t· f\ tJ ~j 11 ,I Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk "i Hamilton County Wayne County 1L 62837 l McCleansboro, 1L 62859 Fairfield, 11 , / m '1

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Third Judicial Circuit Circuit Clerk circuit Clerk n I Champaign County Macon County Hon. Horace L. balvo Circuit Clerk Urbana, IL 61801 Decatur, IL 62523 Madison County Courthouse Bond Cbunty Edwardsville, IL 62025 Greenvi\le, IL 62246 O· I Circuit Clerk Circui t Cler.k DeWitt County Moultrie County Circuit Clerk ) Clinton, IL"; 61727 Sullivan, IL· '61951 Madison County n I Edw~rdsville, IL 62025 Circuit Clerk ,I Piatt County Monticello, IL 61856 Fourth Judicial Circuit n n Hon. Bill J. Slater Circuit Clerk Seventh Judicial Circuit Christian County Courthouse Fayette County .1 0 '1 n Taylorville, IL 62568 Vandalia, IL 62471 . Hon. Simon L. Friedman Circuit Clerk County Building - Room 403 Macoupin County Circuit Clerk' Circuit Clerk I] Springfield, IL 62701 Carlinville, IL 62626 Christian County Jasper County 0 Taylorville, IL 62568 Newton, IL 62448 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Greene County ~J Morgan County Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk 0 0 Carrollton, IL 62016 Jacksonville, IL 62651 Clay County Marion County Louisville,IL 62858 Salem, IL 62881 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk B Jersey County Sangamon County n I Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Jerseyville, IL 62052 Springfield, IL 62701 Clinton County Montgomery County -~ Carlyle, IL 62231 Hillsborb, IL 62049 I Circuit Clerk 0 i1 Scott County Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk ':1 Winchester, IL 62694 Effingham County Shelby County .j Effingham, IL 62401 Shelbyville, IL 62565. 0 m Eighth Judicial Circuit Fifth JUdicial Circuit I 0 I Hon. Fred W. Reither Circuit Clerk Hon. Ralph S. Pearman Circuit Clerk I Cass County Courthouse Cass County Edgar County Courthouse Cumberland County :1 Virginia, IL 62691 Virginia, IL 62691 Paris, IL 61944 Toledo, IL 62468 'J 0 I Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Adams Cougty ~ Mason County Clark County Edgar County .. Quincy, IL 62301 Havana, IL 62644 Marshall, IL 62441 Paris, IL 61944 [) ic . Circui t Glerk. Circuit Clerk 'Circui t Clerk Circuit Clerk Brown County Menard County Coles County Vermillion County Mt. Sterling, IL 62353 Petersburg, IL 62675 Charleston, . IL 61920 Danville, IL 61832 n I 1 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Calhoun County Pike County Sixth JUdicial Circuit 0 I Hardin, IL 62047 Pittsfield, IL 62363 ,.

Hon. Rodney A. Scott Circuit Clerk 0, Circuit Clerk . ",>,:,,, " Macon County Courthouse Douglas County 0 I Schuyler County Decatur, IL 62523 Tuscola, IL 61953 ~ Rushville, IL 62681 J [1 I m I ~ , ". .., ,., .... U "- 'f D

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'Ninth Judicial Circuit Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk n m Iroquois County Will County, Hon. u. S. Collins Circuit Clerk Watseka, IL 60970 Joliet, IL 60431 McDonough County Courthouse Henderson County O· Macomb, IL 61455 Oquawka, IL 61469 m Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Circuit Clerk .Circuit Clerk Fulton County Knox County n ; Hon. Frank X. Yackley Circuit Clerk Lewiston, IL 61542 Galesburg, IL 61401 LaSalle County Courthouse Grundy County Ottawa, IL 61350 Morris, IL 60450 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Hancock County McDonough County fl j fi Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Carthage, I~ ,62321 Macomb, IL 61455 Bureau County LaSalle County Princeton, IL 61356 Ottawa, IL 61350 Circuit Clerk II B Warren County It ' Monmouth, IL 61462 n Fourteenth Judicial Circuit 8 Hon. David DeDoncker Circuit Clerk Tenth Judicial Circuit Rock Island County Courthouse , Mercer County [) Rock Island, IL 61201 Aledo, IL 61231 Hon. Richard E. Eagleton Circuit Clerk n Peoria County Courthouse Pu}7.nam County Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Peoria, IL 61602 Hennepin, IL 61327 Henry County Rock Island County n Cambridge, IL61238 Rock Island, IL 61201 Circui t Clerk • Circuit Clerk n Marshall County Stark County Lacon, IL 61540 Toulon, IL 61483 IJ I n Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Circuit Clerk' Circuit Clerk j' I Hon. James E. Bales Circuit Clerk Peoria County, Tazewell County Lee County Courthouse Lee County Peoria, IL 61602 Pekin, IL 61554 0 1 c- n 'Dixon, IL 61021 Dixon, IL 61021 'I ! Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Eleventh Judicial Circuit O Carroll County Ogle County / 0 Mt. Carroll, IL 61053 Oregon, IL 61061 Hon. John T. 'McCullough Circuit Clerk Logan County Courthouse Logan County 0 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Lincoln~ IL 62656 Lincoln, IL 62656 D Jo Daviess County Stephenson County Galena, IL 61036 Freeport, IL ,61032 Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Ford County McLean County Oi

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Nineteenth Judicial Circuit IJ e Corrections Information System (CIS) Data Elements Hon. Robert K. McQueen Circuit Clerk Lake County Courthouse Lake County U 8 Waukegan, IL 60085 Waukegan, IL 60085 Circuit Clerk McHenry County fJ n vloodst~ck, IL 60098 n o Twentieth Judicial Circuit Hon. Joseph H. Cunningham Circuit Clerk County Building, 10 Public Sqr. Randolph County 0 Belleville, IL 62220 Chester, IL 62233 " Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk 0 Monroe County St. Clai~ County Waterloo, IL 62298 Belleville, IL 62221 O:'~ Circuit Clerk Circuit Clerk Perry County Washington County Pinckneyville, lL 62274 Nashville, IL 62263 0 0 r) Twenty-first Judici~l Circuit U Hon. Harry G. Comerford Circuit Clerk 0 Richard J. Daley Center Cook County Chicago, IL 60602 Chicago, ,1L 60602 0

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Personal Information C,riminal History rI r- m DOC Register Number Number of Illinois Commit­ Name of Resident ments m Address of Resident Sex Employment Information .Race Minority Group Employer's Name and Address ill Date of Birth Number of Months Employed Height in last 2 years Weight Occupation ~ Hair Color Employable Job Skills Religion Marital Status Military Information Number of Children Military Dr~ft Status Identification Numbers Military Branch Military Time of Service Illinois B~reau of Service Serial Number Investigation Number Service Entrance Date Federal Bureau of Service Discharge Date Investigation Number Type of Military Discharge

Education Information Medical Information Last School Grade Com­ Health Status , \. pleted Degree of Alcohol Use

Program Information Merit Staff Information Institution Recommended Hearing Date by Reception and Grade Prior to Hearing Classification Center Merit Staff Action Recommended Program Grade After Merit Staff " Program Interests Hearing , " Reading Placement IQ Test Scores Parole Information Institutional Information Returned Parole Violator Parole Agent Institution Location Current Status Prisoner Review Board Infor­ Dpte of Status Change mation Ii/ate of Current Insti tution ---- Grade Current Prisoner Review Institution Grade Board Hearing Results Date of Hearingation Warrant Information Type of Hearing Results Qf Hearing Date Warrant IS$ued Special Orders of Parolel - 'r'" Type of Warrant Issued .\\ , . Release

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49 D~ () 50 (.:0 I Offense Information 0 8 Offense Felony - Misdemeanor bate of Sentencing Minimum Sent~nce fJ Indictment Number "Maximum Sentence n §entencing Judge Type of Admission County of Sentencing Admitting Institution Concurrent or Consecutive Final Discharge Eligibility n r, Sentence D Date 11 Plea Current Release Date Court Disposition Mandatory Release Date 0 Number of Counts Tobal Compensatory Time n Class of Cr:ime Last Date Compensatory Time Updated n D Appendix F ) . PrQperty Insurance Loss Register (PILR) 0 Data Elements \ o I J] n I 11 n ! I, 0 D I n II ~) ( I 0 0 [] I ~ :i, 0 I ~

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" , m ITEM' DESCRIPTION Insured Name f I~entifies the last name, first name, and middle I ., m initial of the insured. Includes space for maid­ i en name or AKA rn Insured Age Identifies the age of the insured Insured Sex Codes the sex of the insured Spouse Name Identifies the last name, first name, and middle initial of the insured's spouse. Includes space for maiden name or AKA Spouse Age Identifies the age of the insured's spouse Spouse Sex Codes the sex of the insured's spouse

/, '.• __ J Current Address Identifies the current address of the insured including street, apt. #, city, state, and zip code Previous Address Identifies the previous address of the insured including street, apt. #, city, state, and zip code

Location Identifies the location of the loss inc1~ding street, apt. no., city, county, state, and zip (i I code Loss Date Identifies the date of the loss (MM/DD/YY) Loss Time Identifies the time of the loss using standard clock time (i.e., AM or PM) , ' Company Identifies the insurance company carrying the policy on the property ,:.. .) : Poll cy Number. Identifies the insurance company's policy number Claim Number Identifies the insurance company's claim number

.,t". " NOTE: Each of the next five elements is divided into the following categories: o '. Building Contents Stock Use & Occupancy Other Pelicy Amount Identifies the amount of the insurance policy " Total Insurance Used if more than one policy ....

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. ., '( f / I 52 I ,·: °1 Ij 53 Replacement Cost Identifies the cash value of replacement costs O· \ ~ Actual Value Identifies the actual cash value of the property loss in the above categories I] Estimated Loss Identifies the estimated loss.in each of the ~ above categories Known Cause Identifies the known cause of the loss 0 Report Reviewed Codes whether the adjuster has reviewed the fire department report D Property Type " ~odes the type of property involved in the. loss Appendix G such as dwelling, multi-dwelling, commercial, 0 industrial, or other National Fire Incident Reporting Status Codes the status of the building such as vacant I} Data Elements System (NFIRS) ,pr under construction Number of Losses Identifies the insured's number of fire losses in the last five years 0 Business Type Codes the type of business 0 Othe'r Parties Codes the relationship.of other parties to the loss. Included are codes for partner, agent, attorney, corporate officer, second mortgages, public adjuster, tenant, contractor, occupant, 0 first mortgages, and other Other Names The person completing the PILR form is free to [J If] provide information on other parties to the loss using the codes listed in "Other Parties" above.

This information includes last name, first name, fftJ"' middle initial, AKA, street, apt. no., city, 0 lID state, and zip code ;" fJ 0 0 m D fIJ .. \, 0 II f] I

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. -, . Room or Apt. No. Room or apartment number of occupant if applicable

.' , " . Owner Name Identifies owner of property if not the same as occupant. Includes address and phone number ;' " .. Alarm Method Codes the first device used to notify a fire department of an incident Situation Codes the observed condition of the incident when the first emergency unit arrived ' .. Action Taken ., Codes the duties performed at the emergency scene by the responding fire department

, . Inspection Dist. Identifies the fire company that has responsi­ bili ty for inspection service 'where the incident occurred , .; m Shift Identifies the shift on duty which responded to " the incident ' lID ,

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, ! / 56 55 o Material Type Codes the composition of the material which was Alarms The number of alarms transmitted - defined at II first ignited by the heat source the local level ",' Material Form Codes the use of the material first ignited in Mutual Aid Fire department response to an area whose ·fire o the fire such as floor covering, awning, etc. :protection is the responsibility of another fire department (code - received or given) I~niti9n Factor Codes the condition or situation that allowed 'I [J I, th~ heat source and combustible material to com­ Personnel Number of fire service personnel actually used bine or start a fire. Includes: . at the incident 11 Incendiary - Fire deliberately set, not Engtnes The total number of engInes (pumpers) used at n during civil disturbance the incident 12 Incendiary - Fire deliberately set, during civil disturbance Aerial Apparatus The total number of aerial apparatus actually o 21 Suspicious - Fire may have been used at the incident deliberately set, not during civil distur- bance Other Vehicles The total number of other vehicles actually used 22 Suspicious - Fire may have been at the incident o deliberately set, during civil disturbance Injuries Number of people injured as a result of the in­ Structure Type ,Codes the type of structure involved in the fire cident or the handling of the incident. Divided \ o into two categories-fire service personnel and o· Construction Codes the material and type of construction used others in the structure where the fire occurred such as o fire resistive, heavy fram.e, brick etc. Fatalities Number ~f persons fatally injured as a result of 0\ the incident or the handling of the incident. Method Codes whe~e the structure was actually con­ Divided into two categories-fire service person­ structed and how it was assembled or erected at nel and other 01 o its present location Complex dodes incident in multiple use properties such Flame Damage Codes the size of the fire in terms of how far as hotels, apartment buildings, prisons etc. 10 flame damage was extended such as confined to 0\ object or room of origin, entire structure etc. Property Use Codes the use of the particular property where i the fire occerred [} o Smoke Damage Codes the size of the area damaged by heat or I· smoke as in "Flame Damage" I Mobile Property Codes the identity of property which was I designed to be movable such as a car or trailer Water Damage Codes the extent of area damaged by water or 0, other extinguishing material as in "Flame Dam­ Fire Area Origin Codes the primary use of the area where the fire 1° age" originated Control Damage Codes the extent of damage caused in the process Origin Level Codes the place where the fire originated in ~D of confining or extingui~hing the fire and in­ relation to ground level (above/below ground or cludes forced entry, ved~ilation holes etc. as water ,level) "~ ~ .in "Flame Damage" Termination Codes the highest stage of development that a Detectors Codes the existence and loc'ation of fire detec­ fire reaches such as smoldering, open flame etc. [1 10 tion equipment ,and whether the equipment worked Ignition Equip. Codes the eq~~ipment, if any, which provided the Sprinkler Codes the presence of sprinklers or other auto­ principal heat that caused ignition matic extinguishing ~quipment and whether they worked ~ Ignition Form Codes the heat energy form which starts the fire 0, n such as spark, electrical equipment, spontane­ Most Flame Codes the type of material which was most ous, explosives, etc. .. ' significant in contributing to the amount of IJ o flame or fire development for structure fires , '0 that spread beyond the room of origin

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~ Part Injured Codes the part of the body ~hich sustained the ] 0 injury CASUALTY REPORT . \ O" , ' I /) Disposition Casualty Name The last name, first name, and middle initial of Codes the action taken by emergency personnel in the casualty providing care or assisting the casualty in 01 J! n seeking medical attention such as refused help, Birth Date Date of birth of the casualty (MM/DD/YY) treated at scene, died, taken to hospital etc.

Age The age. of .the ~asualty.in years 0

/: Time of Injury The time of day when the injury occurred using // the 24 hour clock 0 Casualty Number Unique number assigned to each casualty 1 t occurring at a single incident or resulting.from 0 .i J 0 the incident .... Home Address Identifies the casualty's residence including City, address, state, and zip code ? 0. ) 0

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~ ADMINISTRATIVE CLOSING - indicates that the reporting police agency has ceased investigating the reported offense I W that the record pertains to. 1\I, ADULT - a persqn aged 17 years or older. tI

BOND - an obligation (to appear in court) made binding by II;l IW by money forfeit; also, the amount of money forfeit­ ed. fl ~1 ~ CASE STATUS indicates the status of a property loss H offense at the time of reporting (i.e., pending in­ . .::::; vestigation, cleared by arrest, administratively I closed) . 1 II r, ~ I, '~ CCG's - are analytical units formed by classif~ing all I1li­ I! ij ~ noiscounties (except Cook County) as Metropolitan, ~ non-Metropolitan, or non-Metropolitan with a city of ~ I :·1 over 25,000 population. Cook County is counted as a i single CCG. See Illinois Law Enforcement Commission, '< o Fiscal Year 1979 State Plan, pp. i, 1-3, for a more detailed definition of CCG's.

, \ CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HOMICIDE - indicates whether or not the homicide was due to arson. COMMITMENT - the action of a judicial officer ordering a convicted and sentenced person to be admitted to a • f corre~tions facility .

'.:\ COMPLAINT - a formal and written accusation made by any person, often a prosecutor, and filed in a court, alleging that a specified person(s) '~ommitted a spe­ cific offense(s). DAY OFFENSE - a reported offense occurring between the hours 1\ "' , of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. 0 .. / EXCEPTIONAL CLEARANCE - indicate$ that the reported offense .'''';):1:. did not result in an arrest tor an unusual reason (I.e., suicide of offender, offender killed by po- lice) . INCENDIARY involving a deliberate burning of property. INDICTMENT a formal written accusation made by a grand jury in a court, alleging that a specified person(s) has committed a specific offense(s). " . INFORMATION - a formal written accusation made by a pros~, Ci cutor and filed in a court, alleging that a specifi~~) person(s) has committed a specific offense(s). , • <' "" rr, <,

D o " I ,l 'I 60 o o Q SACPub,lications (, JUDGEMENT _ the stateilient of the decision of a court, that the defendant is convicted or·aquitted of the of- o o o DA:;r~SOuRCESON. THE I~(}~DENCE OF /ffiSOl'I IN ILLINOIS ,by Chip' Coldren (November, 1977)' fense(s) charged. a n 'DI,CRIMERATES 'WdR,l .~... '" ••'" ,\1. hours of 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m~ ILLINOIS ~IF0ID-!" CR~, REPORTS USER ItS G~IDE~D CODEBOOKS ,'by ,Linda Kok (February, ;:].979 j o '0 .ji OFFENSE ACTUALLY OCCURRING - equals the total number of 10 . ILLINOIS UNIFO~CI:UMEREPORTS USERl~S GUIDE UPDATE"F~R' 1~i7hATA, by Linda Kok offenses minus the number of offenses unfounded and (February, 1980), . .' '" ' ". . . , the number referred to another agency. [J o 1 OFFENSE CLEARED _ indicates that a reported offense has been ILLINOIS VICTIM SURVEY DATA: ,A GUIDE TO TaEIR VSE, bYBRuth A.. Perrin (October,' 1977°;'0 t ',brought to a final disposi tion by a police agency. "revised March, 1979.)' D', , " "0 "',. ,'" 0.", 0" j o )u COMPARING ILLINOIS DATA TO COURTS' ANItCOR¥ECTIONS DATA: THE PROBLEMS Atmo A" j' OFFENSE UNFOUNDED indicates that investigation has proved POL~CE the reported offense to be false or baseless. SUGGESTED SOLUTION~by Carolyn R. BI0,ck (March, 1~79). Qut gfpr;int" ."'0"· , '

o c o A LOO~ IN· THE BLACK BOX: THE TRANSFORMATION O:r/' RO~BERY :d~CIDENTS INTO' OFFICIAL ~:'. ORDER a written direction issued by the court. ; j 1 .. ,i ROBBER~ STATISTICS, "by Ri"chard~,lock and,~Cc!-'rOlyn R. @rofk~ (Jun~, ~1979) ou: "of.pr~nt tj POLICE DISPOSITION indicates the disposition of an [J ROBBERY ,,~ ,BUF. .GLARY 197.2-19iJ7 TRENDS FOR ILLINOIS CITIES, COUNTIE~) AND ILEC P;r,.ANNING arrested person (i.e., held for prosecution, re- ;~ 0o o REGIONS,) by·J.t..o Edwapl Day (June, 1979) . Out of print <' . Q.. . " leased, referred to another agency). \) ,0 f ..... a convicted 1 (: 0 .:GUIDE TOILLINOISgAROl:;E 'AND RELEA~E DA'll::.\, by CarolYn R. BlocIs\ (July" 1979; 'revi~ed ,) i, , SENTENCE.- the penalt·y imposed by a court upon o '~i \1 Noyember,\:j' 1980) '" l~§,,' a '" ~'(t,f ~ 4;' person. ;1 SITUATION CODE - indicates whether or,not multiple victims [It IS.,\U" o ~DESCRIPTIyE TIME SERI?S' ANALYSIS FOR C~IMINAI. JUSTICE nECISIONMAKERS : LOCAL ILLINOIS " J \ . ", 'ROBBERY ATm, BURGALRY, by Carplyn R. Block (I>Jov~mber, 1979)" and/or offenders are involved 1n a homicide. ~ 0 0 U ,', " ~ j~ " " . \! " ,If C, • INMATE P!iOFJ;LE ANALYSIS, by ,Edward 'F. "Mai'er",an.cl Steph~nF; Tap.lte (November, ~J979) SMSA _ a Stand9rd Metropolitan Statistical Area, d~fined ,bY [] l U·" . 0 . - ~ . ",II the U.S;; Bureau of the Census as' follows: .. :a c:ty ;, ,oj' ,'DAi'A 'SOURCES ON PROBATION.~CQNDITIONAL c=DISCHARecetllb~:r::,.~1979)" ' .' " is located plus other cities "Wh,lCh exh1b1t, ~tro~g " . ."" (2, ,v 0, I' ties with the city. The cou~ty sheriff': off1~e ~s [J <, i also ~ncluded for crime reportIng p~rpos~s (Il;ln~1s The COiwILER; ~dito~:~ri'c ~~wcomer (newslett~r published. bi~ti1o~thlY) .' ~It ,,_ " 'C ,'. ~,':., ' • Q' " '>." .:'" '~; Department of Law Enforc~ment, Cr1me 1n Illlno1s, ANNUALP~IVAGY. 'ANDSE~URlTY ,AUDIT REPORt, p~riod endingfun~ ',30" cil979 , by I~lin, oi~ r 1978, p. 139). I Crcf.minal ;Tust:i,ce InfopuationCollncil" 'c, "e . " t ..," . o ~ ", ',"' ". . WEAPON USED _ identifies homicides due t6 the use of explo­ .. ' ~ ,0 \; ~', it 1\ Q PATTERNS OF. CHANGE. IN ·CHICAGO HO:MICIDE: THETWENTr~s 'TijE 'srXTIESAND THE" SEVENTIES " sives. .. c, " ,,,iO " 4bY':ii~al;olYn.R; .~lock andR:ichardBlock-{April,~'1980) ~, '; """ , Q O Q DECISIONS 'AND ])ATA:THE~~;FORMATION·bF.o:ROBB~RY1NCI])E~TSINTOOFFICIALROBBER,;· STATIST'lGS., by Rj.cha:.rd, L. Blq,qkand Cai'ol,y,n R"•. Bloc~ (July, 1980) c (' .~r;J . _ , '- .; , c \} C>. o ., " ., .. ()' '." C,'

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