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City of Corpus Christi
NuecesCounty
DELINQUENCY
RISK FACTORS WITH
SUPPORTING DATA INDICATORS
Data Collection and Analysis Workgroup
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Delinquency Risk Factors with Supporting Data Indicators
Family Management Problems / 7Family Conflict / 9
Extreme Economic Deprivation / 11
Favorable Parental Attitudes & Involvement in the Problem Behavior / 18
Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior / 21
Early Academic Failure / 26
Lack of Commitment to School / 27
Rebelliousness / 30
Favorable Attitudes Toward the Problem Behavior / 31
Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior / 32
Availability of Drugs / 34
Community Laws & Norms Favorable Toward Problem Behaviors / 36
Family History of High Risk Behavior / 39
Transitions and Mobility / 41
Media Portrayals of Violence / 42
Early and Persistent Anti-Social Behavior / 42
Availability of Firearms / 43
Low Neighborhood Attachment/Community Disorganization / 44
Priority Risk Factors / Data Indicators / Data Source / Page Number
Family Management Problems / 1. Reported child abuse and neglect cases
2. Alleged & confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect
3. Children Treated at Driscoll Children’s Hospital due to all forms of abuse
4. Primary Victims served by Nueces County Children’s AdvocacyCenter (Sexual Abuse).
5. Children served by Coastal Bend CASA.
6. Nueces County Middle/Junior High School students. % that reported physical punishment by parents
7. Runaway Reports
8. Children living in Foster Parent homes
9. Confirmed adult abuse and neglect / 52, 53, 87
52, 53, 87
18
40
48
108
41, 54, 55, 64
52, 53, 87
52, 53, 87 / 7
7
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
Family Conflict / 1. Divorce
2. Number of Domestic Violence Victims served by Texas Dept.of Human Services
3. Domestic Violence Reports
4. Number of Domestic Violence Victims
served by Family Violence and Sexual
AssaultPreventionCenter / 23
24, 76
6, 17, 54, 86
19 / 9
10
10
11
Extreme Economic Deprivation / 1. Families living below poverty level
2. Child Poverty
3. Persons Uninsured
4. Unemployment
5. Per capita income
6. Median household income
7. Children in Head Start Program
7. Children on State subsidized child care
8. Children enrolled in Medicaid
9. Children enrolled in CHIP
10. Children in families receiving Food Stamps
11. Children in families receiving TANF
12. Families receiving WIC
13. Students from economically disadvantaged families
14. Recipients of Food Stamps, Medicaid, TANF / 9, 25, 74, 103
99
79
90
9, 12, 13
99
99
99
99
99
99
99
99
88
76 / 11
12
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
15
15
16
16
17
17
Favorable Parental Attitudes & Involvement in the Problem Behavior / 1. Adult violent crime arrests
2. Homicides committed with Firearm
3. Robberies committed with Firearm
4. Aggravated Assaults committed with a Firearm
5. Adult Alcohol Related
6. Arrest Adult Drug Abuse Violations
7. Adult Property Crime Arrest
8. Drug use during pregnancy
9. NuecesCounty Middle/Junior High Students. % that reported of being forced to engage in unwanted sexual behavior by…… / 37, 54, 55, 64, 86
37, 55, 104
37, 55, 104
37, 55, 104
37, 54, 55, 104
37, 54, 55, 104
37, 54, 55, 104
36
107 / 18
18
18
19
19
19
20
20
20
Early Initiation of the Problem Behavior / 1. Arrests age 10-14, Drug Abuse Violations
2. Arrests age 10-14, Property Crimes
3. Arrests age 10-14, Violence related. Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault
4. Age of first use of Marijuana or Alcohol for individuals entering treatment
5. Reported alcohol use by 8th graders
6. Reported drug use by 8th graders
7. Reported age at first use of alcohol or drugs, Nueces County Middle/Junior High students
8. Carrying weapons to school, Nueces County Middle/Junior High students
9. Dropouts prior to ninth grade
10. Annual drop-out rate / 37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104
37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104
37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104
1, 2, 82
32, 107
32, 107
107
107
59, 60, 88
88 / 21
21
22
22
23
23
24
24
25
25
Secondary Risk Factors / Data Indicators / Data Source / Page Number
Early Academic Failure / 1. Reading and Math Proficiency
2. Students scoring at or above accountability criteria on SAT or ACT / 88
88 / 26
27
Lack of Commitment to School / 1. Average Daily Attendance
2. Failure To Attend School (Justice of the Peace)
3. Truancy
4. Failure To Attend School (C.C. Municipal Court)
5. NuecesCounty students that reported “skipping” school
6. Intakes Processed by TRIP / 88
43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49,50, 51
89
7
107
28 / 27
28
29
29
29
29
Rebelliousness & Alienation / 1. JAC, children processed and intakes
2. Reported gang involvement
3. Vandalism and graffiti- damage reported
4. N.C. under 18 with S.E.D.
5. Adults with Mental Illness / 6, 28
27
6, 17, 41, 54, 55, 64
38, 39
95 / 30
30
30
31
31
Favorable Attitudes Toward the Problem Behavior / 1. Perceived harmfulness of marijuana use, 8th, 10th, 12th graders
2. Perceived harmfulness of alcohol use, 8th 10th, 12th graders / 31, 32, 33, 34
31, 32, 33, 34 / 31
31
Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior / 1. Reported alcohol use by friends, 4-6th, 8th, 10th, 12th graders
2. Reported marijuana use by friends, 4-6th, 8th, 10th, 12th graders
3. Juvenile alcohol related arrests
4. Adolescents in treatment
5. Juvenile Property Arrests
6. Adolescent pregnancies
7. Adolescents diagnosed with sexually transmitted disease, 15-19 years / 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
31, 32, 33, 34
37, 54, 55, 86, 104
1, 2, 82
37, 54, 55, 86, 104
23, 83, 84
22, 83, 84 / 32
32
32
33
33
33
34
Availability of Drugs / 1. Students perceptions of availability of marijuana, grades 4-6th, 8th, 10th, 12th
2. Students perceptions of availability of alcohol, grades 4-6th, 8th, 10th, 12th
3. % of Middle/Junior High students in NuecesCounty that reported getting alcoholic beverages either most of the time or always
4. Sales of alcoholic beverages / 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
30, 31, 32, 33, 34
107
10, 11, 94 / 34
34
35
35
Community Laws & Norms Favorable Toward Problem Behaviors / 1. Juvenile arrests for drug abuse violations
2. School Discipline. Behavior-Related removals, suspensions and expulsions
3. School Discipline. Drug Related removals, suspensions and expulsions
4. Juvenile arrests for violent crime
5. Juvenile arrests for curfew, vandalism, disorderly conduct
6. Commitments to Texas Youth Commission. Youth committed to the agency by juvenile court
7. NuecesCounty Middle/Junior High Students. % that reported victimization at school
8. All adults and youth. Number of alcohol and drug-related deaths and rate per 1,000
9. All Adults & Youth. Substance-related motor vehicle crashes. Total injury if crashes & % of all injury crashes / 37, 41, 54, 55, 86, 104
5, 16, 63, 69
5, 16, 63, 69
37, 54, 55, 86, 104
37, 54, 55, 86, 104
92
107
82
56, 82 / 36
36
37
37
38
38
38
39
39
Family History of High Risk Behavior / 1. Educational attainment less than 12 years of school of 18 and over population
2. Adults in drug or alcoholism treatment units
3. Deaths due to liver disease and cirrhosis
4. Adult Illiteracy / 103
1, 2, 82
84
26 / 39
40
40
40
Risk Factors with Possible Impact / Data Indicators / Data Source / Page Number
Transitions and Mobility / 1. Existing home sales
2. Student mobility / 15, 81
88 / 41
41
Media Portrayals of Violence / 1. Media depiction of crime and violence / 107 / 42
Early & Persistent Anti-Social Behavior / 1. Elementary Student Discipline problems
2. Students with learning disabilities / 16
5, 16, 21, 57, 63, 69 / 42
43
Availability of Firearms / 1. Firearm sales
2. Firearms in homes / 17, 66, 67
37, 104, 105 / 43
44
Low Neighborhood Attachment/Community Disorganization / 1. Population voting in National Elections
2. Churches and Synagogues in NuecesCounty
3. Homicides / 4, 29, 97
14
37, 54, 55, 86, 104 / 44
44
45
DATA INDICATORS FOR PRIORITY RISK FACTORS
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004Family Management Problems / Reported child abuse and neglect cases. / National / 3,120,000 / 3,232,000 / 3,154,000 / 3,244,000 / 2,938,681 / 3,085,129 / 3,134,694 / 2,900,000
Sources: 52, 53, 87 / Total investigations
Percent Confirmed / State / 99,780
28.5 / 75,725
29.8 / 111,147
26.8 / 99,929
26.3 / 121,732
25.2 / 111,970
25.2 / 125,258
24.7 / 131,130
25.0 / 138,587
23.6
Confirmed / State / 28,489 / 22,582 / 29,766 / 26,265 / 30,698 / 28,224 / 30,899 / 32,792 / 32,664
Total investigations
Percent Confirmed / County / 2,473
27.0 / 1,762
29.9 / 3,170
23.7 / 2,943
27.1 / 3,481
23.2 / 3,019
25.0 / 3,068
23.5 / 3,433
25.1 / 3,170
22.7
Confirmed cases / County Confirmed Cases / 669 / 527 / 751 / 799 / 807 / 754 / 721 / 861 / 719
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Management Problems / Alleged and confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect with rate of confirmed per 1,000 children. / State / 121,127
33,961
6.19 / 177,401
44,532
8.0 / 170,834
39,488
7.1 / 199,520
46,817
8.3 / 182,042
42,813
7.2 / 184,924
47,409
7.9 / 210,707
50,208
8.3 / 224,010
50,529
8.2
Sources: 52, 53, 87 / County / 2,887
824
8.83 / 5,199
1,195
12.9 / 4,734
1,251
13.6 / 5,815
1,348
14.6 / 4,997
1,261
14.2 / 4,329
1,211
13.6 / 5,601
1,554
17.4 / 5,315
1,244
14.2
Risk Factor / Indicator / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Management Problems / Children Treated at Driscoll Children’s Hospital due to all forms of abuse. / 950 / 1,058 / 1,239 / 1,196 / 1,032 / 936 / 1,029 / 1,046 / 1,250
Source: 18, 40 / Primary Victims Served by NuecesCounty Children’s AdvocacyCenter due to Sexual Abuse / 522 / 620 / 694 / 782 / 763 / 945 / 882 / 861 / 990
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 7/01/00-6/30/01 / 7/01/01-6/30/02 / 7/01/02-6/30/03 / 7/01/03-11/20/03 / 1/01/03-
12/31/03 / 1/01/04-
12/31/04
Family Management Problems
Source: 8 / Coastal Bend CASA. Number of Children served. / County / 265 / 277 / 245 / 221 / 228 / 288
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000
Family Management Problems
Source: 106 & 107 / Nueces County Middle School/Junior High Students. % That Reported physical punishment by parents. / County
Male Parent
Female Parent / 11.0%
15.5%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Management Problems / Runaway reports. / National
arrests / 141,844 / 136,350 / 165,100 / 150,700 / 93,638 / 91,168 / 90,349 / 87,396
Source: 41, 54, 55, 64 / Arrests from Texas UCR
Juvenile Probation Referral Activity / arrests
State
referrals / 36,060 / 33,533
16,157 / 26,042
14,719 / 23,572
14,141 / 20,343
13,032 / 19,369
11,855 / 17,303
11,789 / 15,654 / 21,402
County
referrals / 1,166 / 1,368 / 1,454 / 1,127 / 1,273 / 969 / 834 / 510 / 511
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Management Problems / Children living in Foster Parent Homes. / National / 507,000
7.3 / 516,000
7.4 / 557,000
8.0 / 570,000
8.1 / 556,000
7.7 / 542,000
7.5 / 532,000
7.2 / 523,000
7.2
Sources: 52, 53, 87 / Rate
per 1,000. / State / 17,960 / 17,485
3.2 / 17,582
3.2 / 18,626
3.3 / 20,900
3.7 / 22,670
3.8 / 24,515
4.1 / 26,133
4.3 / 27,931
4.5
County / 379 / 353
3.8 / 383
4.1 / 504
5.5 / 656
7.1 / 751
8.4 / 736
8.3 / 686
7.8 / 716
8.8
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Management
Problems / Confirmed Adult Protective Services Investigations. Rate per 1,000. / State / 2.8 / 2.6 / 2.4 / 2.3 / 40,559
3.1 / 41,154
3.1 / 44,694
3.3 / 44,034
3.0
Sources: 52, 53, 87 / County / 3.1 / 3.3 / 4.0 / 3.3 / 808
4.2 / 767
3.9 / 821
4.1 / 942
4.0
*All rates have been revised due to the At-Risk Adult Population no longer being reported. Total population numbers for all ages 18 and over are currently used to discern the rate.
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003Family Conflict / Divorce.
Number and rate per 1,000. / National / 1,150,000
4. / 1,163,000
4.3 / 1,135,000
4.2 / 944,317
4.2 / 957,200
4.2 / 1,120,000
4.0 / 1,139,000
4.3 / 1,104,000
3.8
Source: 23 / State / 95,185
5.0 / 93,088
4.8 / 86,625
4.4 / 76,689
3.8 / 81,774
4.0 / 83,473
3.9 / 85,394
3.9 / 84,316
3.8
County / 1,559
5.0 / 1,637
5.3 / 1,566
5.0 / 1,470
4.6 / 1,492
4.7 / 1,541
4.8 / 1,392
4.3 / 1,483
4.7
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Conflict / Number of Domestic Violence Victims served by Texas Dept. of Human Services / State / 38,206 / 40,368 / 30,694 / 52,211 / 63,554 / 70,203 / 72,646 / 78,886 / 83,349
Source: 24, 76 / County / 884 / 882 / 571 / 908 / 1,061 / 1,125 / 972 / 787
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Conflict / Domestic violence reports. / State
Rate/1,000 / 178,389
9.3 / 181,773
9.3 / 175,725
8.9 / 177,176
8.5 / 175,282
8.4 / 180,385
8.5 / 183,440
8.4 / 185,299
8.4
Sources: 6, 17, 54, 86 / City of Corpus Christi / 3,689 / 4,554 / 4,372 / 4,318 / 4,166 / 4,097 / 4,580 / 4,885 / 4,556
NuecesCounty
Rate/1000 / 3,767
11.9 / 4,630
14.1 / 4,444
13.6 / 4,613
14.4 / 4,396
14.0 / 4,372
13.6 / 4,764
14.8 / 5,022
15.4
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Family Conflict / Number of Domestic Violence Victims served by Family Violence and Sexual Assault Prevention Center of South Texas / Adult
Women
Sheltered / State
County / 11,872
390 / 11,423
404 / 11,841
386 / 12,589
310 / 11,257
331 / 11,545
345 / 423
Source: 19 / Children
Sheltered / State
County / 15,188
531 / 15,729
587 / 15,066
479 / 16,838
467 / 17,629
344 / 18,188
374 / 485
Adults receiving non –res. Services / State
County / 25,555
546 / 28,196
521 / 32,513
592 / 32,267
769 / 33,403
887 / 34,452
545 / 1,318
Hot-line Calls
Answered / State
County / 136,008
1,275 / 157,248
1,318 / 162,809
1,362 / 156,518
1,314 / 184,245
1,229 / 179,061
3,084 / 1,292
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Extreme Economic Deprivation / Families living below the poverty level. / National / 12.2% / 11.6% / 11.2% / 10.3% / 9.6% / 9.9% / 10.4% / 10.0%
Sources: 9, 25, 93, 99, 103 / State / 16.6% / 16.7% / 15.1% / 16.5% / 12.0% / 11.6% / 12.9% / 13%
County / 21.7% / 21.5% / 20.1% / 22.3% / 13.0% / 14.0% / 18.0% / 12%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Extreme Economic Deprivation / Child Poverty
Related Children under 18. / National / 19.9% / 18.9% / 17.1% / 16.2% / 16.3% / 16.7% / 17%
Sources: 103 / State / 1,350,837
23.6 / 1,298,486
22.4% / 1,189,935
20.5% / 1,237,626
20.7% / 1,294,807
21.2% / 1,325,620
21.3% / 23%
County / 28,526
29.2% / 26,489
27.3% / 21,412
24.5% / 22,627
25.9% / 23,550
26.8% / 24,743
28.0% / 21%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic Deprivation / Number & percent of persons uninsured / National
All Ages
Under 18 / 41,000,000
15.4
9,000,000
13.9 / 39,300,300
14.6
9,100,000
12.7 / 38,700,000
14.6
8,500,000
11.8 / 40,400,000
14.7
8,800,000
12.2 / 41,100,000
14.2
8,300,000
11.5 / 43,600,000
15.2
8,500,000
11.6 / 44,960,710
16.0
9,134,360
12 / 41,300,000
14.4
6,400,000
8.8
Source: 79 / State
All Ages
Under 18 / 16.7
23.6 / 4,845,843
24.2
1,475,695
25.0 / 4,500,000
21.4 / 4,959,829
23.5
1,319,805
21.3 / 5,464,640
25.0
1,397,210
22.0 / 5,464,640
25.0
1,397,210
22.0 / 5,400,000
24.6
County
All Ages
Under 18 / 83,426
26.4
26,971
27.6
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic Deprivation / Unemployment / National / 4.9% / 4.5% / 4.1% / 4.0% / 4.8% / 5.8% / 6.0% / 5.5%
Source: 90, 100 / State / 5.4% / 4.8% / 4.6% / 4.3% / 4.8% / 6.3% / 6.8% / 6.1%
County / 7.8% / 6.8% / 6.6% / 6.3% / 5.7% / 6.1% / 6.8% / 6.3%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1990 / 1993 / 1994 / 1995 / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Per Capita Income / National / 19,142 / 20,809 / 22,186 / 23,562 / 24,651 / 25,924 / 27,203 / 28,518 / 29,469 / 30,271 / 30,832 / 31,472 / 32,937
State / 17,310 / 19,023 / 20,360 / 21,526 / 22,557 / 23,998 / 25,369 / 26,525 / 27,752 / 28,486 / 28,401 / 29,074 / 30,222
Sources: 9, 12, 13 / County / 15,218 / 17,783 / 18,063 / 18,909 / 19,885 / 21,299 / 22,275 / 22,864 / 24,013 / 25,091 / 25,961 / 26,368
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1990 / 1995 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Median Household Income / National / 41,994 / 41,990 / 42,228 / 43,760 / 43,564 / 41,666
State / 20,913 / 31,488 / 34,478 / 35,449 / 39,927 / 40,391 / 40,860 / 42,409 / 40,674 / 39,841
Sources: 98, 99, 103 / County / 25,337 / 27,637 / 29,198 / 30,387 / 35,959 / 36,946 / 33,152 / 36,023 / 34,132 / 38,927
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1992 / 1998 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children in Head Start Program / National
% of Children Ages 3 and 4. / State / 33,613
4.0% / 58,608
5.9% / 60,314
9.3% / 60,278
9.3% / 63,519
9.8
Sources: 99 / County / 790
5.4% / 1,100
7.2% / 1,100
11.4% / 1,100
11.8% / 1,136
12.1
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children on State Subsidized Child Care with rate of DHS payments per 1,000 children. / National
State / 85,865
20.4 / 185,991
44.0 / 198,936
47.0 / 216,811
50.0 / 228,552
35.7
Sources: 99 / County / 2,447
37.3 / 6,546
100.1 / 5,661
89.0 / 5,865
93.0 / 4,971
53.9
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children (0 to 18 yr. olds) enrolled in Medicaid / National / 20.7 mill / 24 mill / 23.2 mill / 17 mill / 27mill
State / 982,335
16.3% / 975,875
16.0% / 994,339
16.0% / 1,073,836
17.0% / 1,391,592
23.2 / 1,643,284
25.5 / 1,778,603
27.2
Sources: 99 / County / 22,146
23.1% / 21,949
23.1% / 22,367
23.7% / 24,141
25.9% / 28,170
31.6 / 29,682
32.0 / 32,078
34.7
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children Enrolled in CHIP / National / 3,300,000 / 4,600,000
State / 59,926
1.0% / 400,456
6.3% / 517,171
8.1 / 506,068
8.3 / 359,734
5.5
Sources: 99 / County / 1,650
1.7% / 7,730
8.3% / 9,272
10.1 / 8,381
9.0 / 5,840
6.3
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children in Families Receiving Food Stamps / National / 8.8 mill / 8.8 mill / 9.7 mill
State / 755,771
13.3% / 570,920
9.9% / 539,969
9.2% / 553,634
9.3% / 657,333
10.3 / 727,930
11.9
Sources: 99 / County / 17,743
19.6% / 14,205
15.8% / 13,259
14.9% / 14,955
17.0% / 17,885
19.4 / 19,365
20.9 / 19,057
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1992 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Economic
Deprivation / Children in Families Receiving TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) / National
State / 524,342
9.9% / 421,500
7.1% / 313,132
5.2% / 268,467
4.4% / 250,598
4.0% / 257,381
4.3% / 266,256
4.4% / 281,533
4.6% / 203,846
3.2%
Sources: 99 / County / 12,233
13.0% / 10,596
11.0% / 8,000
8.3% / 6,712
7.1% / 6,504
6.9% / 6,586
7.5% / 6,484
7.3% / 7,389 / 3,344
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
National
Extreme Econ. Deprivation / Infants and Children (1-4) Receiving WIC # & % / State / 241,732
14.4 / 559,493
34.4 / 578,337
35 / 608,947
36.1 / 359,614
35.6
Source : 99 / County / 9,333
36.1 / 559,493
34.4 / 10,408
32.8 / 10,382
42.5 / 10,753
42 / 10,984
43.29
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99 / 99-00 / 00-01 / 01-02 / 02-03 / 03-04
Extreme Econ. Deprivation / Students from econ. disadvantaged families. free and reduced lunch / State / 48.1 / 48.5 / 48.5 / 49 / 49.3 / 50.5 / 51.9 / 52.8
Source: 88 / Robstown
CCISD / 87.5
52.2 / 86.7
55.3 / 87.5
53 / 85.4
53.6 / 70.6
55.7 / 88.4
56.8 / 87.9
56.7 / 91.4
57.5
Tuloso Midway
Flour Bluff / 47.3
39.9 / 43.8
41 / 44.6
42 / 42.9
43.1 / 44.3
43.3 / 28.9
45.3 / 47.1
45.8 / 46.1
45.1
Calallen
West Oso / 26
70.7 / 24.9
82.3 / 28.3
62. / 28.4
76.1 / 29.5
68.7 / 30.5
86.4 / 32.8
89.8 / 33.9
88.1
Risk Factor / Inidactor / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Extreme Econ. Deprivation / Recipients of Food Stamps, Medicaid & TANF / 40929 / 35818 / 34800 / 36629 / 40521 / 48259 / 50,613
28607 / 25978 / 26051 / 27294 / 30501 / 32612 / 34,156
11425 / 8793 / 8445 / 8497 / 8197 / 7389 / 6,264
Risk Factor / Indicator / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Favorable Parental Attitudes & Involvement in the Prob, Behavior / Adult Violent Crimes Arrest / 401279 / 414,891 / 349,663 / 367,389 / 380,540 / 354,165
Sources:37,54,55,64,
86 / 32492 / 27408 / 27182 / 27889 / 28,559 / 28,527 / 28,630
758 / 807 / 685 / 685 / 705 / 678 / 600
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Percent of Homicides committed with Firearm / National / 66.8 / 65.2 / 65.1 / 63.4 / 66.7
Sources: 37, 55, 104 / State / 67.8 / 62.7 / 62.3 / 63.0 / 63.1
County / 61.0 / 53.0 / 54.5 / 40.9 / 69.6
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Percent of Robberies committed with Firearm / National / 39.7 / 42.5 / 39.9 / 40.9 / 42.0 / 42.1
Source 37, 55, 104 / State / 42.0 / 42.0 / 43.4 / 43.3 / 44.7 / 45.5
County / 22.0 / 16.3 / 19.0 / 21.0 / 18.7 / 21.5
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Percent of Aggravated Assaults committed with Firearm / National / 21.9 / 22.8 / 18.0 / 18.1 / 18.3 / 19.0
State / 22.0 / 23.0 / 20.0 / 20.1 / 20.3 / 21.1
Sources: 37, 55, 104 / County / 18.1 / 19.0 / 14.8 / 15.2 / 14.0 / 14.3
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Adult Alcohol Related Arrests. Driving under the influence, liquor law violations, drunkenness / National / 1,885,499 / 1,790,433 / 1,783,386 / 2,906,500 / 2,791,967 / 1,658,764 / 1,763,277 / 1,703,624
Sources: 37, 54, 55, 104 / State / 290,565 / 285,173 / 277,067 / 279,694 / 274,714 / 261,337 / 251,216 / 246,517 / 248,399
County / 7,291 / 7,481 / 6,965 / 6,808 / 7,125 / 6,093 / 6,141 / 6,150 / 6,042
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Adult Drug Abuse Violations / National / 948,735 / 962,394 / 878,716 / 907,754 / 952,002 / 969,263 / 1,034,564
Sources: 37, 54, 55,
104 / State / 88,362 / 92,081 / 97,103 / 96,646 / 94,272 / 93,492 / 101,695 / 110,196
County / 2,362 / 2,483 / 2,661 / 2,723 / 2,381 / 2,498 / 2,434 / 2,719
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior / Adult Property Crime Arrests. / National / 919,214 / 866,188 / 739,290 / 735,066 / 780,242 / 821,066 / 810,537
Sources: 37, 54, 55, 104 / State / 96,620 / 86,870 / 84,768 / 83,235 / 85,810 / 94,971 / 96,654 / 96,599
County / 2,528 / 2,309 / 2,357 / 2,263 / 2,010 / 2,321 / 2,461 / 2,353
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000
Favorable Parental Attitudes And Involvement In The Problem Behavior
Source: 107 / Nueces County Middle School/Junior High students. % that reported of being forced to engage in unwanted sexual behavior by / County
Someone you don’t know
A casual acquaintance
Someone you know well / 4.3%
5.2%
11.7%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Arrests age 10-14 –Drug Abuse Violations Arrests. / National / 24,836 / 22,639 / 20,098 / 22,007 / 23,764 / 21,552 / 23,284
Sources: 37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104 / Texas Juvenile Probation Commission / State / 3,015
3,343 / 2,649
3,183 / 2,672
3,619 / 2,639
3,539 / 2,937
4,001 / 2,748
3,629 / 3,279 / 3,436
Juvenile Probation Dept. Offenses
TX UCR Drug Abuse Arrests / County / 100
94 / 112
92 / 128
97 / 118
71 / 122
58 / 119
63 / 142
84 / 153
92
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Arrests age 10-14—Property crimes. Burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson / National / 185,070 / 158,842 / 130,370 / 126,717 / 122,083 / 124,126 / 116,203
Sources: 37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104 / State / 19,789 / 17,282 / 14,898 / 14,093 / 13,579 / 29,163 / 27,564 / 12,565
County / 508 / 419 / 407 / 258 / 123 / 138 / 190 / 239
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Arrests age 10-14—violence related.
Murder, rape, robbery, aggravated
Assault, assault / National / 25,175 / 23,378 / 21,358 / 21,023 / 21,133 / 20,687 / 20,630
Sources: 37, 41, 54, 55, 64, 104 / Texas Juvenile Probation Commission / State / 2,150
2,984 / 1,925
2,810 / 1,857
1,949 / 1,691
1,350 / 1,718
3,034 / 1,588
2,977 / 1,648 / 1,631
Juvenile Probation Dept. Offenses
Texas UCR arrests violence related / County / 181
67 / 201
58 / 214
51 / 184
28 / 166
37 / 184
31 / 166
26 / 188
33
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1996 / 1997 / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Age at first use of Marijuana or Alcohol for individuals entering treatment. / State / 12 / 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12.5 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 13 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 13 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 13 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12
Sources: 1, 2, 82 / County / Alcoh. 8
Marij. 11 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 12
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 13 / Alcoh. 12
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 14
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12 / Alcoh. 13
Marij. 12
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 2000
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Reported alcohol use by 8th graders. / StateBeer
Wine Coolers
Wine
Liquor / 48.4%
49.7%
41.6%
37.5%
Sources: 32, 107 / CountyBeer
Wine Coolers
Wine
Liquor / 49.1%
59.5%
43.2%
47.3%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 2000
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Reported drug use by 8th graders. / StateMarijuana
Inhalants
Cocaine
Rohypnol
Downers
Hallucinogens / 23.2%
22.9%
6.7%
4.3%
2.9%
2.5%
Sources: 32, 107 / CountyMarijuana
Inhalants
Cocaine
Rohypnol
Downers
Hallucinogens / 40.4%
10.9%
9.7%
10.7%
9.2%
7.5%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Reported Age at first use of alcohol or drugs, Nueces County Middle School/Junior High Students. / County10 or younger
11 years
12 years
13 years
14 + years / 16%
7.6%
10.5%
11.5%
11.2%
Sources: 107 / Reported attending school “high” or “stoned”, Nueces County Middle School/Junior High Students. / County1 – 3 days
4 – 9 days
10 + days / 10.8%
2.6%
4.4%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Carrying weapons to school.
Reported carrying a GUN to school during the last 4 weeks, Nueces County Middle School/Junior High Students. / County1 – 2 days
3 – 5 days
6 – 9 days
10 + days / 1.4%
0.5%
0.3%
1.4%
Sources: 107 / Reported carrying a KNIFE to school during the last 4 weeks, Nueces County Middle School/Junior High Students. / County1 – 2 days
3 – 5 days
6 – 9 days
10 + days / 5.1%
0.7%
0.4%
2.3%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1990 / Data Indicator / Level / 1996 / 2000
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Longitudinal Drop-out Rate for 7-12th grades / National
10-12th / 5% / 5%
Sources: 59, 60, 88 / Drop-outs prior to ninth grade. Number and as % of population / State / 1,492,112
8.7% / State / 9.1% / 7.2%
County / 30,148
10.4% / Calallen
CCISD
Flour Bluff
Robstown
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 5.1%
13.4%
5.2%
15.3%
7.2%
14.3% / 1.5%
7.7%
2.1%
18.9%
3.0%
11.9%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 95-96 / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99 / 99-00 / 00-01 / 01-02 / 02-03 / 03-04
Early Initiation of The Problem Behavior / Annual Dropout Rate / State / 1.8 / 1.8 / 1.6 / 1.6 / 1.3 / 1.0 / 0.9 / 0.9 / 0.2
Source: 88 / Calallen
CCISD
Flour Bluff
Robstown
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 0.8
2.0
3.3
1.6
0.3
4.4 / 0.9
2.4
0.9
2.7
1.2
2.5 / 0.6
2.6
0.7
4.3
0.5
1.1 / 0.5
1.7
0.5
2.8
0.4
3.1 / 0.9
1.3
0.4
2.6
0.6
3.1 / 0.8
1.0
0.2
0.9
0.3
2.6 / 0.5
0.7
0.4
0.9
0.1
1.3 / 0.4
0.8
0.2
1.2
0.0
0.8 / 0.2
0.3
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.3
DATA INDICATORS FOR RISK FACTORS WITH CLEAR IMPACT
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99 / 99-00 / 00-01 / 01-02Academic Failure Beginning In Elementary School / Reading and math proficiency. % passing Reading and Math TAAS tests for all grades combined. / State / 84.0; 80.1 / 87.0; 84.2 / 83.3; 80.4 / 87.4; 87.4 / 88.9; 90.2 / 91.3; 92.7
Sources: 88 / (Scores reported are those students taking the TAAS in the Spring) / Calallen
CCISD / 93.0; 89.5
82.9; 76.6 / 94.8; 92.2
87.0; 83.1 / 94.6; 93.0
86.0; 84.9 / 96.2; 94.7
86.3; 84.8 / 95.6; 95.3
88.3; 87.6 / 97.4; 97.2
90.3; 89.9
Flour Bluff
Robstown / 86.5; 83.6
77.2; 71.1 / 90.8; 87.7
80.2; 76.7 / 90.5; 89.9
83.5; 83.5 / 90.6; 91.4
85.9; 85.0 / 92.8; 94.4
85.7; 86.4 / 94.5; 95.6
85.2; 85.8
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 88.4; 87.7
71.9; 70.4 / 91.7; 90.1
82.9; 79.6 / 92.3; 92.1
80.6; 80.4 / 93.9; 94.8
85.0; 82.4 / 93.2; 93.5
85.4; 84.7 / 90.9; 93.7
84.7; 81.1
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 02-03 / 03-04
Academic Failure Beginning in Elementary School
Sources: 88 / Reading and math proficiency. % passing Reading and Math TAKS tests for all grades combined.
The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) took the place of TAAS in the 2002-2003 school year.
(Scores reported are those students taking the TAKS in the Spring) / State / 85.6; 77.8 / 85; 76
Calallen
CCISD / 94.3; 89.8
84.3; 70.6 / 92; 84
85; 70
Flour Bluff
Robstown / 88.1; 80.4
76.3; 63.1 / 87; 78
75; 57
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 87.4; 83.9
71.1; 54.2 / 89; 81
71; 59
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 95-96 / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99 / 99-00 / 00-01 / 01-02 / 02-03 / 03-04
Academic Failure Beginning In Elementary School / Proportion of eligible students scoring at or above accountability criteria on SAT or ACT . / State / 18.0 / 26.3 / 26.6 / 27.2 / 27.2 / 27.3 / 26.9 / 26.6 / 27.2
Sources: 88 / For last four years the proportion is only of students taking the test. / Calallen
CCISD / 17.2
17.2 / 18.2
21.9 / 27.2
27.5 / 27.1
24.8 / 26.2
26.2 / 26.0
24.0 / 30.8
22.0 / 26.7
22.4 / 30.5
21.9
Flour Bluff
Robstown / 20.2
2.2 / 30.5
6.3 / 31.8
6.6 / 30.2
3.0 / 31.6
0.0 / 31.8
2.2 / 34.4
0.7 / 33.7
2.0 / 28.6
5.1
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 9.5
4.1 / 27.0
0.0 / 22.2
0.0 / 26.0
2.7 / 23.2
11.1 / 28.9
8.6 / 23.3
6.4 / 23.8
0.0 / 30.3
6.1
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 95-96 / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99 / 99-00 / 00-01 / 01-02 / 02-03
Lack of Commitment to School / Average Daily Attendance / State / 95.1% / 95.1% / 95.3% / 95.4% / 95.6% / 95.5% / 95.6% / 95.6%
Sources: 88 / Calallen
CCISD / 95.8%
95.0% / 95.4%
94.4% / 95.7%
94.8% / 95.9%
94.8% / 96.0%
95.2% / 95.6%
95.2% / 95.8%
94.9% / 96%
94.7%
Flour Bluff
Robstown / 95.6%
94.7% / 95.4%
93.9% / 95.2%
94.7% / 95.2%
95.0% / 95.4%
94.5% / 95.1%
93.9% / 95.1%
93.8% / 94.6%
93.8%
Tuloso Midway
West Oso / 95.4%
93.7% / 95.1%
93.9% / 95.6%
94.8% / 95.8%
94.8% / 96.1%
94.4% / 95.7%
95.2% / 95.9%
95.1% / 95.6%
95%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Courts / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Lack of Commitment to School / Violations. Failure to Attend School. (Truancy) / Precinct 1, Place 1 / 294 / 117 / 383 / 300 / 380
Sources: 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 / Precinct 1, Place 2 / 50 / 65 / 478 / 120 / 132 / 204
*January through August
**January through October
***January through May / Precinct 1, Place 3 / 143 / 107 / 49 / 198 / 175
second half of 2000-2001 academic year
all cases filed in 2001-2002 academic year / Precinct 2, Place 1 / 454 / 273 / 295
Precinct 2, Place 2 / 216 / 187 / 175 / 220 / 185 / 314
Precinct 3 / 25 / 3 / 9 / 7 / 4 / 4
Precinct 4 / 2 / 4 / 13 / 15 / 7** / 8
Precinct 5, Place 1
(by academic year) / 22+ / 119++
Precinct 5, Place 2 / 11 / 2 / 0 / 13 / 31 / 41
Total / 447 / 662 / 841 / 1,432 / 774 / 1,421
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 1998 / 1999 / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Lack of Commitment to School / Truancy. / National
Sources: 41, 89 / State / 3,125 / 2,956 / 2,739 / 2,949 / 2,463
NuecesCounty Juvenile Dept. / County / 325 / 286 / 221 / 97 / 69 / 43 / 109
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003
Lack of Commitment to School
Source: 7 / Violations. Failure to Attend School. (Truancy) Corpus Christi Municipal Court / County / 1,127 / 467 / 252 / 67
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 2000
Lack of Commitment to
School
Source: 107 / % of Middle School/Junior High Students in NuecesCounty that reported “skipping” school. / County
1 – 3 days
4 – 9 days
10 + days / 14.9%
4.1%
3.6%
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 93-94 / 94-95 / 95-96 / 96-97 / 97-98 / 98-99
Lack Of Commitment to
School
Source: 28 / Number of Intakes Processed by
TRIP (Truancy Reduction Impact Program)
*This program is no longer in service, cases now processed by JuvenileAssessmentCenter / County / 507 / 467 / 405 / 374 / 281 / 245
Risk Factor / Indicator / Level / 11/ 1999 – 7/ 2000 / 2001 / 2002 / 2003 / 2004
Rebelliousness
Source: 28 / JuvenileAssessmentCenter