Blog Dec 20, 2011
The Juvenile Crime Decline [video blog]
CJCJ Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males talks about hopeful trends in California’s juvenile crime rates, and gives an optimistic outlook on the future of California’s youth and juvenile justice system. You can read his latest report on the juvenile crime decline here: http://www.cjcj.org/files/Deincarceration_2011.pdf ~ Mike Males, Ph.D. CJCJ Senior Research Fellow
Blog Dec 15, 2011
Corporate Crime [video]
CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow, Randall Shelden, discusses his recent blog series “Is Wall Street a gang?” in this video blog. Read the whole series here: Part I: http://www.cjcj.org/post/public/policy/wall/street/gang/part/i Part II: http://www.cjcj.org/post/public/policy/wall/street/gang/part/ii Part III: http://www.cjcj.org/post/public/policy/wall/street/gang/part/iii Part IV: http://www.cjcj.org/post/public/policy/wall/street/gang/part/iv To view Randall Shelden’s…
Blog Dec 13, 2011
Is Wall Street a gang? Part IV
The record of criminality within the boardrooms and offices of American corporations continues with no abatement. Their behavior fits the profile of a “street gang.” While not every corporation is literally housed on “Wall Street” they nevertheless are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. And the SEC — the cops of Wall Street — continues to be quite busy, as are federal courts. Here are two recent examples: ~ “Twenty Nine Dead and Alpha Gets a Non Prosecution Agreement” — so…
Blog Dec 9, 2011
Securing employment for ex-offenders, locally
An estimated 25 % of all Californian’s have a criminal record, many landing in San Francisco, where rate of unemployment among ex-offenders is disproportionately high. Even though San Francisco, and other cities, including Berkeley and Oakland, have “Banned-the-box, ” meaning employers can no longer inquire at the application phase about past criminal convictions, barriers still exist for this particular population. For instance, many employers still conduct background checks , often using…
Blog Dec 6, 2011
Celebrating Dr. Miller’s Legacy
Over the course of 1971 to 1972 aremarkable event occurred that permanently altered conventional assumptionsabout justice administration. Jerome G Miller, then commissioner of youthcorrections in Massachusetts,systemically carried out the most sweeping reforms in correctional history. Heclosed the state’s five juvenile reform schools and transferred over 1,500youths to an assortment of community-based programs. These actions, which wereat first greeted with skepticism and derision by much…