Cook County Prosecution Intake Records with Demographic Details

Records from cases brought for review by the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. Each row represents a potential defendant, with data fields for demographics, incident details, and case processing. The dataset is no longer actively maintained as of December 30, 2024.

Use Cases

• Analyze FELONY_REVIEW_RESULT patterns by OFFENSE_CATEGORY and defendant RACE or AGE_AT_INCIDENT.
• Model PARTICIPANT_STATUS (e.g., accepted/declined for prosecution) using features like GENDER, ARREST_DATE, and LAW_ENFORCEMENT_AGENCY.
• Track case processing timelines by calculating durations between RECEIVED_DATE, FELONY_REVIEW_DATE, and INCIDENT_BEGIN_DATE.
• Examine geographic patterns of incidents using INCIDENT_CITY and LAW_ENFORCEMENT_UNIT fields.

Strengths

• Includes 17 specific columns covering demographic, temporal, and categorical case data.
• Provides unique identifiers (CASE_PARTICIPANT_ID, CASE_ID) for record linkage.

Limitations

• Dataset is deprecated and no longer updated as of 2024-12-30.
• Sample size, total rows, and completeness metrics are unknown.
• Potential for geographic bias as data is limited to Cook County, Illinois.

Provenance

Source

Cook County State's Attorney's Office via datacatalog.cookcountyil.gov

Collection Method

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Geography

Cook County, Illinois, USA