CJCJ in the News May 30, 2018
California’s ‘Close to Home’ Programs Must Invest in Communities, Not Corrections
CJCJ Communications and Policy Analyst Renee Menart authors an Op-Ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) about two California grant programs that provide nearly $280M for local services, and how these funds can be better spent through community-based programming.
CJCJ Senior Research Fellow Mike Males pens an Op-Ed on decreased gun violence among youth in major cities across the U.S. amid the nation’s continued atrocities of gun violence and mass shootings.
CJCJ Policy Analyst Maureen Washburn authors an Op-Ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) about California’s proposed minimum age law to protect young children from the negative lifelong impacts of prosecution in the juvenile justice system.
CJCJ in the News Mar 25, 2018
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Arrests for Drug Possession After California Proposition 47, 2011 – 2016
The American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) highlights key research by CJCJ’s Mike Males and Lizzie Buchen, which examines five states following the passage of marijuana reform policies.
CJCJ in the News Mar 17, 2018
Corrupt, inhumane reform school was SF’s first form of juvenile justice
The San Francisco Chronicle quotes CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair in an article on the tragic history of San Francisco’s juvenile justice system.