Publications Jun 1, 2012
UPDATE: Eight Months into Realignment: Dramatic Reductions in California’s prisoners
UPDATE: Eight Months into Realignment: Dramatic Reductions in California’s prisoners
Lessons Learned: The Santa Cruz County Story
Publications Jun 1, 2012
Eight Months into Realignment: Dramatic Reductions in California’s prisoners
Eight Months into Realignment: Dramatic Reductions in California’s prisoners
Blog May 31, 2012
The winnowing of California’s Judiciary
California is home to the largest court system in the county. On any given day these courts oversee proceedings that range from very high profile criminal prosecutions to the most mundane of civil litigation. In short, California’s judiciary provides a safeguard for the equitable exercise of political, economic, and civil activity across the state. Yet these same courts are under significant fiscal pressure as a result of ongoing state budget deficits. In the midst of California Governor…
Who’s deciding California’s legislative priorities?
(ISSN 1530 – 3012) From the editor The Use of War to Profit The Post-Release Employment Among Different Types of Offenders with A Different Level of Education: A 5‑year Follow-up Study in Indiana The Infamous ‘One-Percenters’: A Review of the Criminality, Subculture and Structure of Modern Biker Gangs Juveniles Sentenced and Incarcerated as Adults: Findings From a Qualitative Analysis of Their Knowledge, Understanding, and Perceptions of Their Sentences From the editor By…
May 30, 2012
Trimming the Juvenile Justice Fat
Trimming the Juvenile Justice Fat California Progress Report, May 30, 2012
May 30, 2012
Trimming the Juvenile Justice Fat
Trimming the Juvenile Justice Fat Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, May 29, 2012
There is currently pressure on the California legislature from law enforcement agencies to reduce or eliminate the Governor’s proposed $24,000 per youth fee structure for the Division of Juvenile Facilities. The state is already spending 20 – 25 times the per capita investment on youth offenders as it is on students in our UC, Cal State, K‑12, and community college systems. With an 80% recidivism rate, the Division of Juvenile Facilities should receive a failing grade yet legislators are being…
Blog May 24, 2012
Who is deciding California’s budget priorities?
This week, both the Senate and Assembly budget subcommittees on pubic safety held hearings on Governor Brown’s revised proposal for the state’s youth correctional facilities, Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF). Under heavy pressure from law enforcement associations, the Governor backed down from his January proposal to close the front door of the DJF and allow the youth offender population to decrease through attrition. In its place, the Governor has proposed a new annual $24,000 per ward…
May 24, 2012
The Not-So-Shared Sacrifice of Californians
The Not-So-Shared Sacrifice of Californians California Progress Report, May 24, 2012
Blog May 22, 2012
Inequality in America
As promised in my last blog , I will summarize the current level of inequality in the United States. In a word, it is ugly! By most measures, we are far behind other democratic societies, such as Canada, most European countries and Australia. One of the most common measures of income inequality is known as the Gini Index of Inequality (a value of 0 means perfect equality – everyone earns the same amount; and a value of 100 means perfect inequality – one person earns all), has gone up since…