Full Text of HR1003 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The City of Chicago has the highest youth homicide | 3 | | rate in the country; homicide is the 2nd leading cause of death | 4 | | for youths age 14 to 24; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Homicide rates for African-American males are 3 | 6 | | times higher than those for Latino males and 25 times higher | 7 | | than those for Caucasian males; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 1996, a resolution from the World Health | 9 | | Assembly declared violence to be a leading public health | 10 | | problem; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The World Health Organization developed a | 12 | | typology of violence that identified 3 categories: | 13 | | self-directed violence (by oneself), interpersonal violence | 14 | | (by another person), and collective violence (by larger | 15 | | groups); collective violence includes hate crimes, terrorist | 16 | | acts, and mob violence committed to advance a particular social | 17 | | agenda; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Violence exacts both a human and an economic toll | 19 | | on nations, and costs economies many billions of U.S. dollars | 20 | | each year in healthcare costs, legal costs, absenteeism from | 21 | | work, and lost productivity; the total direct and indirect |
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| 1 | | costs, including cost for healthcare services, autopsies, | 2 | | police investigations, and lost productivity resulting from | 3 | | premature death, amount to
nearly U.S. $80 million; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Violence is the result of the complex interplay of | 5 | | individual, relationships, social, cultural, and environmental | 6 | | factors, and is the product of multiple levels of influence on | 7 | | behavior; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, There are biological and personal history factors | 9 | | that increase the likelihood of being a victim or perpetrator | 10 | | of violence; those factors include impulsivity, low | 11 | | educational attainment, substance abuse, and prior history of | 12 | | abuse and aggression; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Research shows that people are much more likely to | 14 | | engage in negative activities when those behaviors are | 15 | | encouraged and approved by friends, peers, intimate partners, | 16 | | and family members who all have the potential to shape an | 17 | | individual's behavior and range of experience; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Research shows that opportunities for violence | 19 | | are greater in areas of poverty or physical deterioration or | 20 | | where there are few institutional supports, such as those | 21 | | provided by places of worship; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, There are cultural norms that support violence as | 2 | | an acceptable way to resolve conflicts, norms that give | 3 | | priority to parental rights over child welfare, norms that | 4 | | entrench male dominance over women and children, norms that | 5 | | support the use of excessive force by police against citizens, | 6 | | and norms that support political conflict; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, There are health, educational, economic, and | 8 | | social policies that maintain high levels of economic and | 9 | | social inequalities between groups that contribute to high | 10 | | levels of violence; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, There are 3 levels of public health violence | 12 | | prevention: primary prevention, which aims to prevent violence | 13 | | before it occurs; secondary prevention, which focuses on | 14 | | immediate responses to violence, such as pre-hospital care, | 15 | | emergency services, or treatment; and tertiary prevention, | 16 | | which focuses on rehabilitation, reintegration, and reducing | 17 | | long-term emotional or physical disabilities relevant to | 18 | | perpetrators of violence; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Public health strategies for the prevention of | 20 | | violence focus on specific target groups, such as universal | 21 | | interventions, which are programs such as community-wide media | 22 | | campaigns that are aimed at general populations; selected | 23 | | interventions, which are aimed at high-risk individual |
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| 1 | | populations; and indicated interventions, which are aimed at | 2 | | perpetrators of violence; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, A comprehensive response to violence is one that | 4 | | protects and supports victims of violence, reduces the | 5 | | perpetration of violence, and changes the circumstances and | 6 | | conditions that give rise to violence in the first place; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Faith and community-based organizations provide | 8 | | critical leadership, knowledge, and passion when it comes to | 9 | | preventing and intervening in cycles of youth violence around | 10 | | the country; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, All throughout the country, faith and non-profit | 12 | | organizations have taken on many tasks in order to keep young | 13 | | people safe and increase positive opportunities for young | 14 | | people; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Staff and volunteers from churches, mosques, | 16 | | synagogues, and community centers mentor children, counsel | 17 | | parents, teach classes, serve meals, conduct neighborhood | 18 | | clean-ups, conduct home visits, and work with law enforcement | 19 | | to patrol the streets; therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we encourage faith-based organizations to develop and | 2 | | implement universal interventions aimed to prevent violence in | 3 | | Illinois' impoverished, underserved, and at-risk communities | 4 | | by providing employment opportunities, media, and educational | 5 | | campaigns, after school
programs, mentoring programs, and | 6 | | other activities that replace negative messages, activities, | 7 | | beliefs, and attitudes with positive and productive | 8 | | activities, beliefs, and messages, through a transparent and | 9 | | collaborative process with the community that takes full | 10 | | advantage of State and federal funding resources.
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