Senior Research Fellow Mike Males explores youth development, behavior, and prejudice in an Op-ed featured in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.
In partnership with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office, CJCJ operates the Legal Advocacy Education Program (LEAP) to help at-risk youth obtain educational success.
Senate Bill 838, “Audrie’s Law” would expand the ability of prosecutors to unilaterally charge youth as adults. Is this another example of knee-jerk policy?
Mar 7, 2014
LEAP TEAM TO RECEIVE GOOD GOVERNMENT AWARD
CJCJ’s LEAP program receives 34th annual Good Government award on March 11, 2014. The LEAP team includes CJCJ’s Board member Patti Lee and LEAP Advocate Marc Babus.
Unofficial notes from the meeting, taken by CJCJ’s Brian Goldstein.
Mike Males critiques the President’s new My Brother’s Keeper initiative, asking why the federal government is not investing in measures to reduce youth poverty.
CJCJ’s February Newsletter
CJCJ released a fact sheet today using new FBI crime data for the first six months of 2013.
Blog Feb 26, 2014
Kids for Cash
Senior Research Fellow Randy Shelden revisits his previous examination of the perils of privatization of youth prisons and detention centers.
Blog Feb 25, 2014
The Negative Impact of Solitary Confinement on Youth
“Punitive segregation” and “therapeutic modules” describe interventions correctional facility staff use on confined youth. These interventions might sound innocuous, but what do they really look like?
Blog Feb 24, 2014
Inflamed Rhetoric, Senseless Killings, Light Verdicts: Grownups, “Stand Your Ground”
Senior Research Fellow Mike Males examines myths related to youth crime in light of the Michael Dunn verdict.
Mike Males, Senior Research Fellow is Op-ed is featured in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange.