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.
This study shows that homicide rates are at best uneffected by capital punishent in California.
A 1995 discussion of race and the criminal justice system in America.
Publications Nov 1, 1994
Transforming California’s Prisons into Expensive Old Age Homes for Felons: Enormous Hidden Costs and Consequences for California’s Taxpayers
Given the high costs to house elderly inmates in prison, and their low likelihood of reoffending, the public safety benefits of long sentences are called into question.
Publications Oct 1, 1994
Three Strikes: The Unintended Victims
A case history project of people receiving three strikes sentences.