Check out CJCJ’s newest web resource under the Public Education section on the homepage of our website: Interest Groups and Criminal Justice Policy . This webpage provides a basic introduction of the topic, explaining how the criminal justice system has become a constantly growing and expensive bureaucracy. The criminal justice system includes law enforcement, the courts, and corrections, and according to recent data, total expenditures of the system have increased 497% from 1982 to 2006. …
There are currently 1,262 youths confined in DJF facilities (Dec. 2010). Recent plans to close Preston YCF by June 2011 will result in a further reduction of the population. Moreover, plans to transfer all parole responsibilities to the counties will be in place by January 28, 2011. With those changes already in motion, how big is the next step proposed by Governor Brown: the elimination of DJF by June 2014? In a recent New York Times article , Executive Director Daniel Macallair discusses…
Can Counties Handle Young Offenders on Their Own? The Bay Citizen, January 22, 2011.
Newsroom Jan 22, 2011
Whither Young Offenders? The Debate Has Begun
Whither Young Offenders? The Debate Has Begun The New York Times, January 22, 2011.
Blog Jan 21, 2011
Using a Medical Care Analogy to Reduce Crime
You never know where you will get some ideas that will help develop public policies concerning crime and delinquency. Yesterday I was listening to National Public Radio (NPR)‘s “Fresh Air ” program and the subject was providing quality health care. The guest was talking about focusing on patients with the highest medical costs, which he called “The Hot Spotters.” He was talking about a unique doctor in Camden, Ohio who began to do some research on health care costs in his city. …