Jul 31, 2015
July news from CJCJ
CJCJ welcomes Cameo House’s new director, Shirley Lamarr; Men’s Wearhouse donates suits to CJCJ program graduates; Nisha Ajmani calls for trauma-informed care in the juvenile system
We need a modern strategy that treats crime as a behavior of individuals, not demographic groups, and a criminal justice system that responds to individual characteristics. These four charts show game-changing trends in drug abuse, arrest, and imprisonment the president and major interests steadfastly ignore.
Jul 22, 2015
CJCJ in the news: Protesters question Denver police killing of mentally ill Native American
After Denver police shot and killed Paul Castaway, a Rosebud Sioux tribal citizen, Al Jazeera America contacted CJCJ’s Mike Males to discuss his data on which demographics are most likely to be shot by police.
Blog Jul 21, 2015
California crime keeps going down in 2014
This month, the Attorney General of California released new data for 2014 showing that crime in the state continued its downward trend.
CJCJ in the News Jul 20, 2015
Jane Kim: San Francisco should fund effective programs, not a new jail
San Francisco County Supervisor, Jane Kim, highlights CJCJ’s Cameo House as a model alternative to incarceration for rest of the nation.