Making San Francisco’s juvenile justice system work requires the adoption of a new organizational structure and direction. Under the new system, secure detention becomes just one element of a full continuum of services capable of providing comprehensive individualized interventions.
This study examines the realities and myths of San Francisco juvenile crime control policies in 1996.
Publications Oct 1, 1996
From Classrooms to Cell Blocks: How Prison Building Affects Higher Education & African American Enrollment in CA
From Classrooms to Cell Blocks: How Prison Building Affects Higher Education & African American Enrollment in CA
Publications Jul 16, 1996
An Analysis of Juvenile Homicides: Where They Occur and the Effectiveness do Adult Court Intervention
An unprecedented and rapidly developing trend — 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 Mar 1, 1996
Three Strikes: The New Apartheid
As politically expedient “get tough” stances have monopolized the debate on crime, political one-upsmanship has produced the most punitive, expensive and racially disparate criminal justice policies in the state’s history.
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.
Sociologist Mike A. Males provides a different picture: How politicians, private interests, and the media unfairly scapegoat adolescents for America’s problems.
A look at societal attitudes towards youth and delinquency.
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.
At the cost of approximately $21,000 per year, California is spent $105 million per year to imprison shoplifters. This study examines whether it impacted crime rates.