Blog Nov 24, 2010
Lobbying in the Criminal Justice System
CJCJ’s brand new upcoming webpage “Interest Groups and Criminal Justice Policy” to be released in December 2010 represents the first attempt at exploring the influence of lobbying on crime-related policies in California. Among other topics we will provide detailed information on all the major lobbying organizations in California that have been involved in influencing criminal justice policies. Additionally we will examine the most important organizations in California that get involved in…
Thought provoking and powerful, Jerome G. Miller explores today’s American criminal justice system and its impact on young African American males in this book.
Nov 11, 2010
First of its kind: California Sentencing Institute
First of its kind: California Sentencing Institute, a project of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice CJCJ has compiled a wealth of statistics detailing the radically different levels at which California counties send their residents to state prisons. Go to the recently unveiled interactive map under the
I agree with Randy Shelden 99% of the time and respect his views, but I argue his blog on Proposition 19, as well as other commentaries such as the Media Awareness Project ‘s, are dead wrong in both facts and emphasis. Those who want to reform destructive drug policies should not join drug warriors in obsessing over the unimportant issue of how many teenagers smoke pot. Shelden argues that under the current marijuana criminalization, “according to several studies, currently it is…
Oct 28, 2010
Small but costly juvenile prison program awaits fate
Small but costly juvenile prison program awaits fate California Watch, October 27, 2010.