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Publications Mar 1, 1996
Three Strikes: The New Apartheid
As politically expedient “get tough” stances have monopolized the debate on crime, political one-upsmanship has produced the most punitive, expensive and racially disparate criminal justice policies in the state’s history.
Publications Feb 1, 1996
Young African American and the Criminal Justice System in California: Five Years Later
Follow up on the 1990 study shows that the general plight of people of color, particualrly young black males, has deteriorated.
Publications Dec 1, 1995
Emerging from Darkness: Reinventing San Francisco’s Juvenile Justice System
The juvenile justice system should be viewed as one element along a continuum of social institutions designed to foster social development.
A look at societal attitudes towards youth and delinquency.
This article examines the application of advocacy and case management programs in juvenile detention and their potential for resolving institutional populations.