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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Publications Dec 1, 1995
Emerging from Darkness: Reinventing San Francisco’s Juvenile Justice System
The juvenile justice system should be viewed as one element along a continuum of social institutions designed to foster social development.
This article examines the application of advocacy and case management programs in juvenile detention and their potential for resolving institutional populations.
Disposition Case Advocacy in San Francisco’s Juvenile Justice System
An examination of juvenile justice in the United States reveals a failed correctional model and the hope of reform.
The 1977 Determinate Sentencing Law was passed to achieve fairness and parity in sentencing in CA. Thirteen years later, the system is loaded down with African American men in the prime of their lives