As of March 31, 2011, there are 1,232 youths housed in DJF, yet according to the Corrections Standards Authority (CSA) in 2009 there were over 4,000 available beds at the county-level. Why then are counties resisting the Governor’s proposal to eliminate DJF? In February 2011, CJCJ launched a publication series investigating some of the concerns about the Governor’s proposed juvenile justice realignment (See Part One ). Part Two of the series was an update of two previous reports (see here…
Newsroom Apr 8, 2011
Third installment in the Juvenile Justice Realignment Series reveals uneven taxpayer burden
Part three of the series: “The Cost of the State’s Division of Juvenile Facilities ” investigates the true fiscal cost of the Division of Juvenile Facilities to both the counties and the taxpayer and reveals a disparity between county practices resulting in an uneven taxpayer burden.
On April 19, 2011 CJCJ’s Executive Director Daniel Macallair will join other leading juvenile justice advocates at the Warren Institute to discuss the Governor’s proposal to realign juvenile justice to the county level. The discussion will focus on both the benefits and the obstacles inherent in the proposal. See the flyer for details, listed below as an attachment.
Newsroom Apr 7, 2011
California’s broken juvenile justice system: Proposal to cut state’s system brings up ghosts of youth torture
California’s broken juvenile justice system: Proposal to cut state’s system brings up ghosts of youth torture The Guardsman, April 6, 2011.
Blog Apr 1, 2011
Education as Crime Prevention
It has become a truism among criminologists that there is an inverse correlation between education and crime: as the level of education increases the likelihood of committing crime decreases. One theory that helps explain this is known as “strain” theory. This theory was originally articulated by sociologist Robert K. Merton in the 1930s and has since become one of the most popular theories of crime. The basic thesis of strain theory is this: Crime stems from the lack of articulation or…