UC Berkeley researchers to collaborate in investigation of wrongful convictions The Daily Californian, November 8, 2012
Implementation problems highlighted in a recent Sacramento Bee editorial stand to undermine California’s criminal justice realignment efforts. Most notably, the composition of county-level Community Corrections Partnership (CCP) committees has been called into question. Voting members of these committees are as follows: chiefs of probation and police, the public defender, the presiding judge of the Superior Court, the sheriff, and one social services worker or drug/alcohol abuse…
The Leaders in Community Alternatives, Inc., is looking for a Program Director to operate the Community Assessment and Services Center (CASC) in partnership with the San Francisco Adult Probation Department (San Francisco, CA). The CASC “one stop” program will provide an array of services including comprehensive supervision, substance abuse education and treatment, personal development, education, parenting, vocational and employment services, and other services that build…
Election Day has arrived and California has 3 ballot initiatives that directly impact our state criminal justice system. Prop 34: Support California voters reinstated the death penalty in 1978, following the 1972 Supreme Court decision in Furman v. Georgia, which ruled the practice cruel and unusual. Since 1978, the state has sentenced roughly 900 persons with a death sentence, but only 13 were subsequently executed. The state presently has a death row population of 724 . The death…
Nov 3, 2012
Former ‘SYTYCD’ Performer Helps At-Risk Youth
Former ‘SYTYCD’ Performer Helps At-Risk Youth Fox 40, November 2, 2012
Nov 2, 2012
California Juvenile Arrests at 50-year Low
California Juvenile Arrests at 50-year Low Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, November 2, 2012
Nov 1, 2012
Juvenile Crime Rate At Record Low
Juvenile Crime Rate At Record Low Capital Public Radio, October 31, 2012
While Texas and Missouri continue to make steady, substantial steps towards juvenile justice realignment (as mentioned recently by CJCJ), California seems mired in a state of indecision. Though acknowledging the need for wholesale reform, the state lacks the political commitment to implement the policy changes necessary to accomplish it. In 2011 – 2012, Governor Brown proposed full-scale juvenile justice realignment with support from the Little Hoover Commission, the Legislative Analysts…
What a Drop in Youth Crime Says About Curfews and Boot Camps: Nothing Good Take Part, October 30, 2012
Oct 31, 2012
Juvenile crime drops to record low in California
Juvenile crime drops to record low in California KPCC, October 31, 2012
New juvenile justice data and reforms in progress
There is a shift taking place in the landscape of California’s juvenile justice system. In an effort to move away from a punitive model which has historically framed youth involved in the juvenile justice system as a liability, a new framework has emerged. Traditionally, juvenile justice has been rooted in a deficit based approach that focuses on addressing the youth’s problem behaviors such as poor decision making or addiction. By placing emphasis on the acts of delinquency alone,…