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Congregate Care Facilities are a Thing of the Past: Kate McCracken, Sep 17, 2013; Photographer Richard Ross documents youth correctional facilities across the nation. This blogs explores why these facilities are an outdated approach to juvenile justice.
OP-ED: New Hope – Health Care for Justice-Involved Youth: Sep 3, 2013; An Op-ed by CJCJ staff discussing how the ACA, often referred to as Obamacare, will pave the way for justice-involved youth to have access to high-quality reentry and aftercare services.
The Unnecessary Detention of Undocumented Youth: Selena Teji, Aug 20, 2013; The intersection of the immigration and juvenile justice systems hampers reform efforts and denies appropriate treatment to undocumented youth.
Op-ed: The myth of youthful drug offenders: Aug 19, 2013; An Op-ed by Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males, featured in Reuters on August 19, 2013.
The Unnecessary Detention of Undocumented Youth: Aug 19, 2013; Fact Sheet on law enforcement responses to ICE hold requests for youth in California, Oct. 2009 to Feb. 2013.
Why the Gigantic, Decades-Long Drop in Black Youth Crime Threatens Major Interests: Mike Males, Aug 15, 2013; How can such an encouraging development as a massive drop in youth crime be treated as such bad news that no one will even talk about it? It's worse than that: politicians, crime lobbies, and the news media needs black youths to be murderous thugs.
Mr. President (and Bill O’Reilly): How Did Trayvon Martin “Mess Up”?: Mike Males, Aug 12, 2013; Statistical bigotry is just bigotry. Though selectively applied to create fear toward young black men, it can be used to stigmatize any group in society, as illustrated here.
Op-ed: Troubled Young People Deserve Compassion, Not Punishment: Jul 24, 2013; More than 2,500 Californians are serving life sentences in prison for crimes they committed when they were younger than 18. At San Quentin, it is all too common to come across young men serving 35 or 40 years-to-life for crimes they committed before they were old enough to drive — meaning they would be in their 50s before their first parole hearings.
Nigeria’s evolving juvenile justice system: Selena Teji, Jun 18, 2013; An article by Iyabode Ogunniran discussing the evolution of juvenile justice in Nigeria was released in the Spring 2013 edition of the Justice Policy Journal today.
Justice Policy Journal - Volume 10, Number 1 - Spring 2013: Jun 17, 2013; Includes articles on residential substance abuse treatment, faith-based halfway houses, youth justice in Nigeria, and gun control laws.
Counties’ continued decline in reliance on state youth facilities: May 30, 2013; CJCJ’s California Sentencing Institute (CASI) released its 2011 juvenile justice data today, showing a continued trend away from state confinement and towards community-based options for high-needs youth.
Brave Experiment at a California Boys Ranch Pays Off: May 27, 2013; Increasingly, experts are recognizing that the best way to improve public safety is to rely less on state correctional institutions for treating youth offenders, and more on the dynamic therapeutic approach delivered at the county level.
OP-ED: Opening Our Eyes to Uncomfortable Truths: May 24, 2013; ...when we take into account the level of poverty, kids don’t commit crimes at a higher rate than adults. Take a few seconds and read the previous sentence again.
Youth Gangs in the Twenty-First Century: Back to the Future, Part II: Randall Shelden, Ph.D., May 16, 2013; This is the second in a series of blogs adapted from the 4th edition of Youth Gangs in American Society by Shelden along with Sharon Tracy and William Brown (Cengage, 2013).
Underaged & Suppressed?: May 3, 2013; Mike Males asserts that young people are politically vulnerable and scapegoated when it comes to gun control laws. Listen to the discussion on HuffPost Live.
OP-ED: The Gun Debate, Round 2: Let’s Learn From Young People, Not Demonize Them: May 1, 2013; "Bad information breeds expedient, ineffective policy, as exemplified by the administration’s surviving gun initiatives..."
212: A Modern History of Youth Bashing – With Mike Males: Apr 27, 2013; Author, sociologist and outspoken youth advocate Mike Males shares his insights on the social, political and cultural problem of blaming, shaming and framing youth.
Gangs taking to the suburbs, including Albemarle: Mar 30, 2013; Treating people who come from places where gangs proliferate as gang members themselves only perpetuates the cycle, Maccallair said.
Radio Smart Talk: School Safety: Mar 26, 2013; What Sandy Hook [-] did was shine a spotlight on school safety.
Youth incarceration at 35-year low nationally: Brian Heller de Leon, Mar 7, 2013; The Annie E. Casey Foundation released a new report this week highlighting a national 35-year low in youth incarceration with drops across almost every state. Despite this decline in youth crime, it is clear that state and local policies do not reflect an investment in achieving the goals of long-term public safety.
Recognizing the symptoms of trauma in justice-involved youth: Selena Teji, Feb 5, 2013; Justice-involved youth have complex histories that not only contributed to their delinquency but present challenges for rehabilitation. These compound factors exacerbate a lack of self-confidence, learning difficulties, physical disabilities, and mental health issues.
In Our View: Vigilance on CampusClark County Safe Schools Task Force has districts working together: Jan 19, 2013; In Our View: Vigilance on CampusClark County Safe Schools Task Force has districts working together Columbian, January, 18, 2013
Zero-Tolerance Policies in U.S. Schools are Ineffective and Unaffordable: Jan 14, 2013; Zero-Tolerance Policies in U.S. Schools are Ineffective and Unaffordable Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, January 14, 2013
California judge finds boy guilty of murdering neo-Nazi father: Jan 14, 2013; California judge finds boy guilty of murdering neo-Nazi father KPCC Radio, January 14, 2013
Reengaging disconnected youth in a tough economy: Jan 8, 2013; While effects of the recent recession and slow economic rebound on the U.S. labor market have been well documented, less attention has been paid specifically to youth unemployment and its potential long-term impacts . The rate of employment for 16-19 year-olds in the U.S. has dropped 42% since 2000, leaving 3 of 4 such youth jobless. Even brief spells of youthful unemployment can cause what the Economist calls "wage scars "--decreased earning power lasting well into workers' adult years. …