On January 27, 2011, CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair and UC Berkeley’s Law School Research and Policy Director Barry Krisberg were featured on KQED’s Forum and KALW News, discussing the Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to eliminate the DJF by June 2014. On KQED’s Forum, Dr. Krisberg voiced concern about the current ability of the counties to provide appropriate services to serious youthful offenders. He pointed to L.A. County, which currently houses 370 youths in DJF, and is under…
Newsroom Jan 27, 2011
Juvenile Justice Shakeup?
Juvenile Justice Shakeup? KQED, January 27, 2011.
Should California shut down its juvenile prisons? KALW News, January 27, 2011.
Read CJCJ’s newest publication “incarceration in the United States versus worldwide incarceration rates prisons as a market for profits the prison-building frenzy cashing in on crime and matters revolving around privatization of prisons.
Check out CJCJ’s newest web resource under the Public Education section on the homepage of our website: Interest Groups and Criminal Justice Policy . This webpage provides a basic introduction of the topic, explaining how the criminal justice system has become a constantly growing and expensive bureaucracy. The criminal justice system includes law enforcement, the courts, and corrections, and according to recent data, total expenditures of the system have increased 497% from 1982 to 2006. …