CJCJ Senior Research Fellow Mike Males pens an Op-Ed on decreased gun violence among youth in major cities across the U.S. amid the nation’s continued atrocities of gun violence and mass shootings.
Applications are now open! The second-annual NGF leadership program brings together emerging leaders impacted by justice-involvement to advance racial justice, cultural healing, and policy advocacy.
Blog Apr 18, 2018
CJCJ Transitions to a New Home
This spring, CJCJ is excited to announce our move to a new home in the heart of San Francisco’s Mission District!
Senate Bill 1391 will end the transfer of younger teens into adult criminal court, keeping them in the juvenile justice system where education and rehabilitation services are mandatory.
CJCJ’s California Sentencing Institute (CASI) interactive map now shows annual criminal and juvenile justice statistics for 2009 – 2016.
Publications Apr 4, 2018
New Fact Sheet: Local Juvenile Justice Facilities Can Absorb State Youth Correctional Population
CJCJ’s new fact sheet finds unprecedented available capacity in California’s county-run juvenile halls, camps, and ranches due to declines in juvenile arrests and reductions in juvenile justice facility populations.
CJCJ Policy Analyst Maureen Washburn authors an Op-Ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) about California’s proposed minimum age law to protect young children from the negative lifelong impacts of prosecution in the juvenile justice system.
Youth Justice Mentoring participant makes strides in work and school, JCRU models effective aftercare for Santa Clara County, and CJCJ pushes the state budget to better serve California’s youth.
CJCJ in the News Mar 25, 2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrests for Drug Possession After California Proposition 47, 2011 – 2016
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) highlights key research by CJCJ’s Mike Males and Lizzie Buchen, which examines five states following the passage of marijuana reform policies.
An estimated 8 million individuals in California have criminal records. Increasing access to employment can lessen the negative impacts of justice system contact and benefit communities across the state.
CJCJ in the News Mar 17, 2018
Corrupt, inhumane reform school was SF’s first form of juvenile justice
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair in an article on the tragic history of San Francisco’s juvenile justice system.
The Orange County Register highlights CJCJ’s key research on crime trends in California amid major justice reforms in the state.