CJCJ’s vigorous policy advocacy and innovative programs transform juvenile justice systems to better serve young people and their families. This work strengthens community safety while reducing incarceration. Our team regularly investigates juvenile halls and youth prisons across the country. We report on conditions and concerns, while lifting up successful, community-led diversion programs. Here are CJCJ’s reports on these juvenile justice programs and policies.
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This study examines the realities and myths of San Francisco juvenile crime control policies in 1996.
Making SF’s juvenile justice system work requires adopting a new organizational structure. Secure detention should be one element of a full continuum of comprehensive individualized interventions.
Publications Jul 16, 1996
An Analysis of Juvenile Homicides: Where They Occur and the Effectiveness do Adult Court Intervention
The rapidly developing trend of the transfer of juvenile offenders into the adult prison system at increasingly younger ages is creating increasing strain on our country’s criminal justice system.
Publications Jul 1, 1996
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Plight of Adolescent Girls in The San Francisco Juvenile Justice System
This report presents recommendations about serving the unique needs of girls in the San Francisco Juvenile Probation system.
Publications Feb 1, 1996
Young African American and the Criminal Justice System in California: Five Years Later
Follow up on the 1990 study shows that the general plight of people of color, particualrly young black males, has deteriorated.