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101) Recividism Rates
Among the 22,095 inmates who were released from Illinois prisons in 1996, 8,916 ended up back in prison by the end of 1999—a 40.4 percent recidivism rate. And drug offenders in Cook County posted a 42.8 percent recidivism rate, compared to 25.7 percent for offenders in Illinois’ 101 other counties.
Published: May, 2001

102) Drug Arrests Skyrocket in Cook County, Illinois
The number of drug arrests in Illinois has increased dramatically over nearly two decades, from 27,608 in 1980 to 106,609 in 1999. Cook County’s 68,180 drug arrests in 1999 accounted for 64 percent of all drug arrests statewide, while Cook County represents 43 percent of the state’s total population.
Published: May, 2001

103) Probation vs. Treatment
A 1997 survey of 496 Illinois drug offenders on probation—a statistical sample of the roughly 8,100 drug offenders who ended their probation that year—showed that most of those in Cook County were black or Latino, while whites made up the majority in Illinois’ 101 other counties.…
Published: May, 2001

104) Cook County Offenders Lose Out in Drug Treatment Revival By: Rui Kaneya See More Stories by this author.
The courts are diverting more drug offenders away from prisons, mandating instead that they battle their demons through treatment. But the enormity of the caseload in Cook County is leaving some offenders without the help they need.
Published: May, 2001

105) Jury Selection
The Chicago Reporter observed jury selections in seven courtrooms at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse in March.
Published: April, 2001

106) Left Out
Black men, especially young men, are the least likely to be chosen to serve on juries at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse at 26th Street and California Avenue and in northwest suburban Rolling Meadows.
Published: April, 2001

107) Race and Income Matter
Whites are most likely to report for jury duty at the Richard J. Daley Center, the criminal courts building and the Maywood courthouse, which draw jurors from the entire county. About three-fourths of Cook County’s jurors report to these locations.
Published: April, 2001

108) The Color of Justice on Cook County Juries By: Alden K. Loury See More Stories by this author.
Men from predominantly black areas of Cook County are less likely to be selected for juries at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse at 26th Street and California Avenue than women, Latinos or men from white areas.
Published: April, 2001

109) Sentencing by the Numbers
To set penalties for federal crimes, judges must use this sentencing table to pinpoint where the offense level and the defendant’s criminal history intersect, and then impose a sentence within that range.
Published: January, 2001

110) Residents Say Police Botched Harris Case By: Jennifer Morrill See More Stories by this author.
Englewood residents say their neighborhood is safe, though many have been victims of violent crimes. Community policing is working, but few attend local beat meetings. Police are doing a decent job, but they bungled the investigation into the murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris.
Published: December, 1999

111) Englewood Community Policing
In the Englewood Police District (7th), which includes Englewood and West Englewood, resident attendance at beat community meetings trailed the citywide average last year. Fewer than 17 residents attended the average meeting from March 1998 through March 1999. About 26 people attend each beat meeting citywide, according to Wesley G. Skogan of the Chicago Community Policing Evaluation Consortium.
Published: December, 1999

112) Chicago Crime
In 1998, the Englewood Police District (7th), which includes Englewood and West Englewood, recorded 56 murders, the city’s second highest total. It ranked sixth among the city’s 25 police districts in total number of index crimes, which are murder, criminal sexual assault, aggravated assault, robbery, theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft and arson.
Published: December, 1999

113) Crime and Community Policing by the Numbers
Community policing was introduced in Englewood and four other pilot districts in 1993, and expanded citywide in the fall of 1994.
Published: December, 1999

114) Beat 733: Some Progress--and a Little Frustration By: Chanel Polk See More Stories by this author.
Crime is down in Beat 733. The 54-block area, which runs from 69th to 75th streets, and west from Racine Avenue to Halsted Street, recorded 427 crimes last year, down from a decade-high of 839 in 1995.
Published: December, 1999

115) Crime Drops, but Community Policing Falls Short of Expectations By: Alden K. Loury See More Stories by this author.
On a cool Wednesday afternoon in late October, Chicago Police Officers Frank Fuda and Len Jarvis pulled up to Unity Fellowship Church, 1818 W. 74th St. Fuda greeted the Rev. Walter Harris with a firm handshake and a friendly smile. "I try and stop by to see the reverend once a week," said the 13-year police veteran. Fuda has spent his career in the 7th Police District, which includes the South Side communities of Englewood and West Englewood.
Published: December, 1999

116) Stopping the Anger By: Alysia Tate See More Stories by this author.
Every day for about two years, 16-year-old Darius Harris hung out with friends around an abandoned building near Marquette Road and South Parnell Avenue, a few doors north of his home. One day last summer, he recalled, a truck pulled up and a relative of Ryan Harris handed out fliers with a photograph of the missing girl. Darius had never seen her.
Published: December, 1999

117) Watching Her Back By: Alysia Tate See More Stories by this author.
Last year, the young, brown-skinned man with the scar across his forehead asked for her phone number. Later, he tried to get her into his car.
Published: December, 1999

118) Haunting Memories By: Alysia Tate See More Stories by this author.
She had lived in the second-floor apartment at 66th Street and South Parnell Avenue for almost six months, but Paulette Bonaparte still didn’t like sleeping in the bedroom. It was at the back of the house, overlooking the Metra tracks and a patch of land filled with overgrown weeds and trees. It resembled a small forest preserve, and Paulette had forbidden her three young children from playing there.
Published: December, 1999

119) Why Englewood?
The murder of 11-year-old Ryan Harris in 1998 in the South Side neighborhood of Englewood became national news when two boys, ages 7 and 8, were arrested; the charges later were dropped. What led to this double tragedy, and what is being done to help Englewood's residents cope?
Published: December, 1999

120) Meet the Chicago Police Board
The Chicago Police Board decides cases in which the superintendent of police recommends a department member be fired or suspended for more than 30 days. All cases filed by the Superintendent of Police between Jan. 1, 1995, and Oct. 1, 1999 are listed below.
Published: November, 1999