Newsletter Jul 17, 2025
CJCJ Youth Spotlight: Lalime X, DDAP
Join us as we lift up Lalime X, a young person who worked with our Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP).
Just-released crime data show a 7% drop in total crime and the lowest property crime rate on record in the last year before Prop 36 took effect.
CJCJ’s juvenile justice research work is highlighted on Last Week with John Oliver.
Blog Jun 25, 2025
CJCJ Senior Research Fellow & UNLV Professor Randall Shelden Retires After Nearly 50 years
CJCJ Senior Research Fellow & University of Nevada Las Vegas Professor Randall Shelden retires after nearly 50 years as one of the nation’s leading criminologists.
Jun 16, 2025
Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?
New CJCJ piece by policy team members, Grecia Reséndez and Maureen Washburn, suggests counties look to AB109 funding to support Prop 36 treatment mandated programs.
Report Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Can Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Bloated Law Enforcement Bureaucracies
AB 109 funding does not reflect California’s changing criminal justice priorities and lacks basic transparency. Could it be reinvested in treatment?
Resource Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Funding Dashboard
Learn more about how AB 109 funds are being spent in your county.
Blog Apr 8, 2025
On the Legacy of James Bell
CJCJ reflects on the life and legacy of longtime friend and colleague, James Bell.
Blog Mar 28, 2025
Thoughts on New Zealand’s Youth Justice System and its Applicability to California
CJCJ Executive Director, Daniel Macallair shares his thoughts on a recent trip to New Zealand to learn from people and their justice system.
CJCJ’s policy team attend the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color’s (ABMoC) 2025 Policy Briefing in Sacramento, CA.
Cameo House Program Director Charity Harris attends the 2025 National Women’s Shelter Network (NWSN) National Conference, Shelters United for Women, Children and Families ~ Saving and Changing Lives.
Fact Sheet Feb 20, 2025
Just the Facts
CJCJ’s latest publication provides just the facts: California’s crime rate is down and youth arrests have plummeted despite declining law enforcement effectiveness and soaring costs.