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Correlation Between Domestic Violence Witnessed by Children and Juvenile Delinquency in Broward County By Gloria Putiak, Senior Planning & Research Manager, Childrens Services Council of Broward County, Fl. Slide 2 www.cscbroward.org CIC 2014 Conference Theme Slide 3 www.cscbroward.org Slide 4 The STORY The child treats the world the way the world treats the child Slide 5 www.cscbroward.org PROBABILITY OF VIOLENCE at age 18 by Protection & Risk at age 15 Herrenkohl et al., 2003 Seattle Social Development Project Risk Factors % Probability of Violence Slide 6 www.cscbroward.org The DATA Broward Sheriffs Office (BSO ) # of Domestic Violence Injunctions witnessed by children by ZIP codes Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (FDJJ) # of Youth by ZIP codes referred for each separate category of : Delinquency (any type) Violent felonies Drug felonies Drug misdemeanors Is there a strong correlation between DV witnessed by children -- and delinquency in Broward County? Slide 7 www.cscbroward.org Slide 8 Insert GIS map of youth referred for delinquency need title corrected from referrals to youth referred Slide 9 www.cscbroward.org Youth with Slide 10 www.cscbroward.org Youth with Slide 11 www.cscbroward.org Youth with Slide 12 www.cscbroward.org The DATA Slide 13 www.cscbroward.org The DATA Slide 14 www.cscbroward.org Slide 15 Slide 16 The DATA Slide 17 www.cscbroward.org The DATA Slide 18 www.cscbroward.org The DATA Slide 19 www.cscbroward.org Results A strong positive linear correlation was found for rate of DV Injunctions by ZIP (relative to the County average rate) and the rate of youth referred for the following delinquency types by ZIP (relative to the County average rate): Delinquency of any type Violent felonies Drug misdemeanors A weak positive linear correlation was found for rate of DV Injunctions by ZIP (relative to County average rate) and youth referred (relative to the County average rate) for: Drug felonies Slide 20 www.cscbroward.org DATA Limitations DV data is Calendar Year 2012 but Delinquency data is SFY 2011/12 (i.e., July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012). In the research, risk and protective factors predict a youth will commit violence or become delinquent in the future (e.g. 2-3 years) but we had data for only one year for each variable. We made the assumption that DV and delinquency rates by ZIP relative to the county average rate per ZIP remain fairly steady for the last few years. DV injunctions data witnessed by children includes age from birth to 18 but Delinquency data is for children age 10-18. Slide 21 www.cscbroward.org Potential IMPACT Since nationally representative survey results indicate: Voters are willing to pay taxes for programs that reduce community crime -- this use of community indicator data can inform policies and public opinion. Slide 22 Gloria Putiak, Senior Planning & Research Manager, Childrens Services Council of Broward County, Fl. gputiak@cscbroward.org 954-377-1000 Visit us online www.cscbroward.org Follow us on social media @cscbroward