If you could not be at the Capitol Weekly conference today — California Prisons: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly — you can still get an insight into what Executive Director Daniel Macallair talked about during the reform panel, by checking out his presentation handout and slides , available on CJCJ’s Resource Center . If you would like more information or to request related CJCJ publications, please contact Selena Teji, Communications Specialist at cjcjmedia@cjcj.org or 415.621.5661 ext. 317.
Blog Nov 15, 2011
The problem with teen curfews [video blog]
California Correctional Crisis wrote an excellent blog discussing juvenile curfews yesterday, recommending that before introducing juvenile curfews we should know more about juvenile crime rates. The blog post highlights several articles including recent op-eds by CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow Mike Males and Communications Specialist Selena Teji , and a study by Patrick Kline that suggests curfews are effective overall at reducing crime for juveniles below curfew age. As Mike Males points…
Blog Nov 10, 2011
PORAC’s contribution to California’s prison crisis
The Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), founded in 1953, is a special interest group that lobbies in Sacramento and influences California’s criminal justice policymaking. PORAC’s positions promoting incarceration and harsh sentencing goes against mainstream criminal justice policy — including mainstream conservatism. A new CJCJ publication, Promoting the “get tough” crime control agenda: The Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) , reviewed…
Blog Nov 10, 2011
Veterans impacted by the criminal justice system
Veterans returning from war zones face copious challenges upon re-entering their communities and many encounter the criminal justice system in some capacity. CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow, William (Bud) Brown conducts research on this issue. In his recent paper, published in CJCJ’s Justice Policy Journal (JPJ) earlier this year, Dr. Brown conducted a study finding that veterans with PTSD and alcohol dependency related to combat are more likely to be impacted by the criminal justice system. …
Blog Nov 4, 2011
America’s war on drugs [video blog]
~ CJCJ Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males