The Texas Public Policy Foundation cordially invited CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair to present at a panel discussion on juvenile justice as part of the 19th Annual Meeting of the State Policy Network (SPN), on August 25, 2011 . Approximately 700 executives, scholars, researchers, and communications staff from the nation’s state-based free-market think tanks attend the conference, as well as representatives from national organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, Cato…

Social network participants may be more prone to drug, alcohol use, study finds Montreal Gazette, August 252011

The latest publication in CJCJ’s Juvenile Justice Realignment Series analyses direct adult criminal court filings across California’s 58 counties since the passage of Proposition 21 (2000). Direct filing allows prosecutors to unilaterally transfer youth to adult court, thereby circumventing juvenile court jurisdiction.* Read the full report at $1What_has_been_the_effect_of_Prop_21.pdf$4 Find out what others are saying about it in our attached press release, including statements by Assembly…

Selena Teji on the 58 cooks in California’s juvenile justice kitchen Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, August 242011

Teens on Facebook and Social Media Sites more likely to drink, smoke and use drugs: Study Huffington Post, August 242011