Blog Dec 27, 2012
A Partnership to Change Our Criminal Justice System
As 2012 draws to a close, now is a time for reflection on past achievements and future challenges. The holiday season and coming New Year represent an opportunity to jolt us from our everyday complacency. CJCJ is unique in that it joins practitioners and researchers, all working for one common purpose: a more humane justice system. Our hard work builds not just on the dedication of agency staff, interns, and volunteers, rather we rely on generous contributions from individuals such as…
Chino prison inmate population seeing a 40-percent decline Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 26, 2012
SF juvenile probation chief explores arming officers Bay Citizen, December 21, 2012
CJCJ authors have published several provocative studies documenting that teenagers and young adults are no more prone to risk-taking and crime than older adults once the fact 15 – 24 year-olds are 2 – 3 times more likely to suffer the economic and environmental harms associated with poverty than middle-agers is taken into account. We find terms like “adolescent risk taking” and “youth violence” are misnomers; rather, there are generally elevated risks that accompany worsening socioeconomic…
CJCJ’s Christa Collins discusses what trauma informed care is, and why it is so effective in serving justice-involved youth. ~ Christa Collins CJCJ Communications and Policy