A North Dakota college student was killed after police coerced him to work as a drug deal informant by threatening him with a lengthy prison sentence for low-level marijuana sale.
CJCJ in the News Jun 8, 2016
CJCJ in the news: Study, Certain CA Counties Charge Youth as Adults More Often
Public News Service interviews CJCJ’s Maureen Washburn, co-author of a new report analyzing the prosecution of youth as adults.
CJCJ in the News Mar 17, 2016
CJCJ in the news: The Davis Vanguard highlights CJCJ’s Prop. 47 report
The Davis Vanguard reviews CJCJ’s new Prop. 47 report analyzing the initiatives effect on crime.
CJCJ Executive Director Daniel Macallair writes an op-ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) on how California’s plummeting youth crime rates creates an opportunity for more substantive reform
CJCJ in the News Jan 28, 2016
The L.A. teen apocalypse that never came
CJCJ’s Mike Males pens an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times including his data showing how youth crime in Los Angeles has decreased dramatically.