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Why Teen Drug Use Surveys Are Meaningless: Mike Males, Feb 24, 2015; After California decriminalized marijuana, teenage behaviors improved dramatically. Pay no attention to dubious drug-use surveys, which bear no relationship to any measure of youthful well-being.
Legal marijuana did not lead to increase in deadly “driving while stoned”: Mike Males, Jan 27, 2015; Colorado and Washington saw a drop in fatal car accidents involving marijuana, but still fail to produce sufficient data to track reforms.
Killing by California Law Enforcement: It Is What You Think (Part II): Mike Males, Jan 15, 2015; Those most at risk of being killed by officers (rates 2.5 to 20 times the state average): Native Americans ages 20-44; African Americans ages 15-49 and 65-69; Latinos ages 20-34.
CJCJ in the News: The War on Drugs Is Burning Out: Jan 9, 2015; Rolling Stone discusses a recent CJCJ report on marijuana reform.
"Young black men" is not a metaphor for violence: Mike Males, Dec 30, 2014; The failures of local authorities to hold police accountable for killing unarmed black men deserve angry condemnation -- not more stereotyping.
Preteen crime is disappearing from California: Mike Males, Dec 1, 2014; Arrests of Californians under age 12 fell by a staggering 93 percent over the last 30 years — and no one seems to have noticed.
CJCJ in the news: Marijuana legalization doesn't solve racial disparities in the criminal justice system: Oct 2, 2014; Vox highlights a recent CJCJ report on the impact of marijuana policy reform.
Reforming marijuana laws: Which approach best reduces the harms of criminalization?: Mike Males and Lizzie Buchen, Sep 24, 2014; A new CJCJ report shows marijuana decriminalization across all ages could result in more harm reduction than 21-and-older legalization.
Proposition 47: Estimating Local Savings and Jail Population Reductions: Mike Males and Lizzie Buchen, Sep 11, 2014; CJCJ estimates savings and jail population reductions in individual counties as a result of implementing Proposition 47.
Who Are Police Killing?: Mike Males, Aug 26, 2014; Over the last four decades, some 15,000 Americans have been killed by law enforcement officers. Native Americans are most at risk, followed by African Americans.
Is California Finally Figuring Out Drugs?: Mike Males, Aug 7, 2014; "No state has embraced both illegal drugs and the official wars thereon like California," writes Mike Males. After a roller coaster half-century, the state may finally be on its way to good drug policy.
California's Radical Youth Trends: Mike Males, Jul 29, 2014; Huge reductions in youth incarceration, huge increases in populations of youth of color — and huge reductions in youth crime. Who knew?
CJCJ in the news: You can’t blame immigrants for gun violence: Jul 25, 2014; CJCJ's Mike Males on the truth about gun violence, gun control, and youth of color.
Who's Really Dying from Guns in the United States?: Mike Males, Jul 7, 2014; 32,351 Americans died from gunfire in 2011. Nearly half of them were older white men shooting themselves.
Who's Threatening Murrieta's "Safety"?: Mike Males, Jul 2, 2014; A California city's mayor and shouting protestors claim 140 Latino women and child immigrants threaten their town's "safety." The city's own crime statistics suggest otherwise.
An American Gun Death Every 16 Minutes in 2011: Mike Males, Jun 19, 2014; Senior Research Fellow Mike Males: But no one likes to talk about who's dying from guns, or how.
Scared of Gun Violence? Run INTO a School!*: Mike Males, Jun 16, 2014; School and college campuses account for 5 out of every 10,000 shootings in the United States, but occupy 90% of our discussion of gun violence.
“Demographic Scapegoating”: How Leaders and Interests Profit from Social Crises: Mike Males, Jun 6, 2014; While invoking tones of concern and inclusion, American leaders exploit social problems to flatter powerful older constituencies by stigmatizing young people
New Complications Challenge No-Complications-Allowed Gun Debate: Mike Males, Jun 4, 2014; A gun-control lobby's incisive report disputes mass-shooting dogmas. A woman-hating shooter's rampage defies popular answers. Yet, America's gun policy debate remains rooted in ancient prejudices.
Monterey County Juvenile Hall Needs Assessment: A Preliminary Analysis: Mike Males, May 21, 2014; The purpose of this preliminary analysis is to examine current crime, confinement, and population trends within a larger historical context to estimate the county’s future juvenile detention needs.
Fresno County: Adult Arrests and Incarceration: Mike Males, Apr 30, 2014; This analysis utilizes official statewide data sources to examine Fresno County’s state and local incarceration trends in comparison to the statewide average.
Why not a war on child poverty?: Mike Males, Apr 22, 2014; Senior Research Fellow Mike Males is featured in Reuters discussing youth crime and poverty.
Why Statistical Bigotry Is Just Bigotry, Round 2: Mike Males, Apr 2, 2014; Chronicle columnist Chip Johnson shows once again how statistics are misused to justify prejudicial policing
Whatever Happened to the Ad War on Drugs?: Mar 24, 2014; CJCJ's Mike Males is featured in Advertising Age and highlights the problems with commercials created by Partnership at Drugfree.org
California's Radical De-Incarceration Experiment: Mar 13, 2014; Mike Males discusses California's deincarceration movement in the California Progress Report.