The Santa Clara County district attorney has made a habit of charging 14‑,15- and 16-year-olds as adults. Why?
GPB Media “On Second Thought” invited CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow Mike Males to speak on the potential implementation of curfews in Dallas, TX.
The Vera Institute of Justice highlights CJCJ’s Cameo House, an alternative sentencing program in San Francisco for justice-involved women and their children, in a report on the needs of women impacted by the justice system.
CJCJ in the News Jul 13, 2016
CJCJ in the news: Prosecuting Youth As Adults Creates Racial Disparities and ‘Justice-By-Geography’
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) publishes an op-ed by CJCJ’s Rebecca Wegley on the damage done by prosecuting youth as adults.
A North Dakota college student was killed after police coerced him to work as a drug deal informant by threatening him with a lengthy prison sentence for low-level marijuana sale.