Read CJCJ’s newest publication “incarceration in the United States versus worldwide incarceration rates prisons as a market for profits the prison-building frenzy cashing in on crime and matters revolving around privatization of prisons.
Check out CJCJ’s newest web resource under the Public Education section on the homepage of our website: Interest Groups and Criminal Justice Policy . This webpage provides a basic introduction of the topic, explaining how the criminal justice system has become a constantly growing and expensive bureaucracy. The criminal justice system includes law enforcement, the courts, and corrections, and according to recent data, total expenditures of the system have increased 497% from 1982 to 2006. …
Can Counties Handle Young Offenders on Their Own? The Bay Citizen, January 22, 2011.
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Whither Young Offenders? The Debate Has Begun
Whither Young Offenders? The Debate Has Begun The New York Times, January 22, 2011.
Budget cuts could send young offenders to adult prisons California Watch, January 20, 2011.