Violence trends make fools of its debaters — or would, if anyone called them to account.
Blog Jul 8, 2014
More money, more beds?
Kate McCracken discusses the upcoming allocation of $80 million dollars in construction funding for juvenile facilities in California, and suggests the state think outside the box.
32,351 Americans died from gunfire in 2011. Nearly half of them were older white men shooting themselves.
Blog Jul 2, 2014
Who’s Threatening Murrieta’s “Safety”?
A California city’s mayor and shouting protestors claim 140 Latino women and child immigrants threaten their town’s “safety.” The city’s own crime statistics suggest otherwise.
By equalizing treatment and punishment for crack and powder cocaine, Sen. Mitchell’s SB 1010 recognizes drug abuse as a health issue and promotes racial equality.
San Francisco’s Bay Area Reporter highlights the LEAP program, which CJCJ operates in partnership with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.
Blog Jun 26, 2014
Public Involvement in Politics Does Matter
CJCJ Post-Graduate Fellow Courtney Lam reflects on last week’s Assembly Public Safety Committee in Sacramento.
CJCJ operates the LEAP program in partnership with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office to help young people obtain educational success.
Under pressure from CJCJ and other youth advocates, controversial bill removes “mandatory minimum sentencing” provision.
Blog Jun 24, 2014
Debtor’s Prisons, Part II
Senior Research Fellow explores the concept of the debtor’s prison in this CJCJ blog.
SB 838 would create mandatory minimums for youth in the justice justice system. CJCJ’s Lizzie Buchen explains this is a “step backward.”
Blog Jun 19, 2014
An American Gun Death Every 16 Minutes in 2011
Senior Research Fellow Mike Males: But no one likes to talk about who’s dying from guns, or how.