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.
Earlier this month, San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to implement a Fair Chance Ordinance promoting fair hiring policies among both public and private employers.
Blog Feb 18, 2014
Is “Child Prostitution” the Real “Epidemic”?
There are much larger, unmentioned “epidemics” behind what we call “child prostititution” authorities and media splashes are refusing to confront
The new Get In Chicago partnership is raising tens of millions of dollars to “tackle juvenile violence” and wants “fresh approaches.” Our first suggestion: stop tackling “juvenile violence” and start tackling “violence.”
The Sacramento Bee’s Dan Walters highlights a new report by CJCJ that finds no conclusive causal trend between Realignment and recent crime trends.
Blog Feb 11, 2014
Only Certain Young Victims Matter
Americans fixate on the 5% of killings that involve youthful gunmen and/or mass shooters and ignore the other 95%. Unfortunately, we largely dismiss the 99% of rapes that do not involve young perpetrators and social media.