Mike Males, September 9, 2021
Publications—A new report finds that California’s crime rate declined amid several major criminal justice reforms.
Mike Males, August 25, 2021
Publications—California's Republican-voting counties exceed Democratic counties in homicide and other violent death, reported crime, criminal arrest, drug and alcohol death, gun death, and incarceration rates.
August 2, 2021
CJCJ in the News—The Crime Report highlights CJCJ's Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP), citing its success found in a recent independent evaluation.
July 28, 2021
Publications, Model Local Practices—A brand-new evaluation of CJCJ’s DDAP finds that participation in this model diversion program cuts a youth’s risk of further juvenile justice system involvement.
July 9, 2021
Blog, Correctional Institutions—CJCJ and our partners want to hear your experiences, concerns, and solutions to strengthen California’s regulations for county jails.
Renee Menart, July 7, 2021
Newsletter—CJCJ News: CJCJ’s Cameo House gathers to celebrate families, California’s youth deserve justice reinvestment, and new Justice Policy Journal issue offers insights.
July 2, 2021
CJCJ in the News—CJCJ's Executive Director Dan Macallair speaks with The California Report as California's Division of Juvenile Justice passes into history.
July 1, 2021
Blog—Beginning today, California will wind down its infamous Division of Juvenile Justice by limiting new youth commitments.
Mike Males & Maureen Washburn, June 29, 2021
Publications—In 2020, a year defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, the crime rate in California’s 72 largest cities declined by an average of 7 percent, falling to a historic low level.
Mike Males, June 9, 2021
Blog—If San Francisco’s shoplifting rate has plummeted to its lowest level in at least 45 years, why did the New York Times see fit to print an article sensationalizing a supposed… Continue
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After the Doors Were Locked
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Established in 1985 as the Western Regional Office of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives (NCIA), the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (CJCJ) is a nonprofit nonpartisan organization promoting a balanced and humane criminal justice system through the provision of direct services, technical assistance, and policy analysis.
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