CJCJ’s Communications and Policy Analyst Renee Menart authors an Op-Ed in the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE) about the importance of justice-involved leaders on the path toward meaningful reform.
The Washington Post quotes CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow Mike Males in an article on the impact and prevalence of police shootings during the trial of an officer in Dallas.
The Press of Atlantic City quotes CJCJ’s Senior Research Fellow Mike Males in an article on the deficiencies of youth curfews.
Blog Aug 8, 2018
Direct File of Youth to Adult Court: Gone and Unlamented as Youth Arrests Fall to All-time Low in 2017
The abolition of direct file in California has resulted in more selective and less political decisions by judges, rather than by prosecutors, to better meet the individualized needs court-involved youth.
CJCJ in the News Jul 31, 2018
As the criminal justice reform movement grows, District Attorney Mike Hestrin reaches out to local youth
The Desert Sun highlights research by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, citing crime trends on the California Sentencing Institute.