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The newsletter of the Illinois Council on Food and Agricultural Research provides updates on membership activities, research highlights, and related information.
Homicide is a leading cause of death for children and infants in the U.S. The focus of this issue of Research at a Glance is Childrens Risk of Homicide: Victimization from birth to age 14, 1965 to 1995, a study by ICJIA Senior Research Analyst Carolyn Rebecca Block and Kimberly Vogt, University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse. A population-based examination of the risk of homicide over the 31-year period compares the risks for young children versus older teens and adults, boys versus girls, children of different racial/ethnic groups, and children in different developmental age groups.
In 2003, of the 42 counties with a sufficient percentage of African-American youth to measure disproportionate minority contact, 35 had an over representation of African Americans among youth arrested when compared to their representation in the general juvenile population in those counties. This issue of Research at a Glance summarizes information from Assessing disproportionate minority contact with the Illinois juvenile justice system, by Phillip Stevenson, ICJIA senior research analyst.
It might be hard to imagine now, but your children will be heading off to college sooner than you think. The question is - will your savings be ready, too? To help you prepare for the high cost of education, the Illinois State Treasurer's Office, working with Legg Mason, has created the Bright Start College Savings Program. Bright Start is a tax-advantaged Section 529 Plan that helps parents, grandparents, relatives and friends nationwide save for a loved one's college education. So why wait, when you can get started today? After all, the day is coming sooner than you think.
This issue of Research at a Glance is a quick fact sheet summarizing findings from Research Bulletin, A profile of Class 4 felony offenders sentenced to prison in Illinois, by ICJIA research analysts. This data is consistent with previous research indicating that Class 4 offenders have lengthy criminal backgrounds and relatively short stays in prison. Examination of these trends is useful to justice practitioners and policymakers as they determine whether incarceration is appropriate for this population of offenders.