Newsroom Dec 29, 2011
New Year, New Opportunities for Reform
New Year, New Opportunities for Reform Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, December 29, 2011
Blog Dec 22, 2011
Bold and innovative leadership from Alameda County
Alameda County’s Chief Probation Officer David Muhammad demonstrates innovative and determined leadership through his new approach to serving juvenile justice involved youth. He employs a youth development framework that views youthful offenders not simply as a “bundle of needs and problems”, but rather as individuals with real resiliency and strengths that can be incorporated into their plan for rehabilitation and reentry. In his recent keynote address at the California Wellness…
Newsroom Dec 22, 2011
Just Released! Fall 2011 Justice Policy Journal
Volume 8 — No. 2 — Fall 2011 Check out the newest issue of the Justice Policy Journal, CJCJ’s Online Academic Journal at http://www.cjcj.org/justice_policy_journal The Fall 2011 issue has 5 articles covering a variety of topics: 1.An Examination of Media Accounts of Child Abductions in the United States by Justine Taylor, Danielle Boisvert, Barbara Sims, Carl Garver 2. Creating the Youthful Offender in Connecticut by Alan S. Bruce and Theresa A. Severance 3.Fear, Views of Human…
Newsroom Dec 20, 2011
The Closing of the Massachusetts Reform Schools and the Legacy of Jerome Miller
The Closing of the Massachusetts Reform Schools and the Legacy of Jerome Miller Youth Today, December 19, 2011
Blog Dec 20, 2011
The Juvenile Crime Decline [video blog]
CJCJ Senior Research Fellow, Mike Males talks about hopeful trends in California’s juvenile crime rates, and gives an optimistic outlook on the future of California’s youth and juvenile justice system. You can read his latest report on the juvenile crime decline here: http://www.cjcj.org/files/Deincarceration_2011.pdf ~ Mike Males, Ph.D. CJCJ Senior Research Fellow