Juvenile Justice
The Berkeley Center for Criminal Justice is leading a project to draft policy briefs on the key juvenile justice issues facing the state and to make recommendations for legislative reform. The project, funded by the California Endowment, is guided by an Advisory Board of practitioners and experts from across the state.
At its first meeting, the Advisory Board selected the following three policy brief topics:
- Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
- Gender Responsiveness and Equity in the Juvenile Justice System
- Juvenile Justice and Mental Health
The Advisory Board consists of:
- William Arroyo, Medical Director, Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health
- Barrie Becker, California State Director, Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
- James Bell, Executive Director, W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice Fairness and Equity
- Gena Castro Rodriguez, Executive Director, Youth Justice Institute
- Gwen Foster, Director of Mental Health Training for the California Social Work Education Center
at the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare - Curtis Hill, Sheriff, San Benito County
- Kurt Kumli, Supervising Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Court
- Barry Krisberg, President, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- Rick Lewkowitz, Sup. District Attorney, Juvenile Division, Sacramento County District Attorney's Office
- Winston Peters, Assistant Public Defender, Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office
- Jerry Powers, Chief Probation Officer, Stanislaus County; President, Chief Probation Officers of California
- David Steinhart, Director, Commonweal Juvenile Justice Program
- Richard Word, Chief of Police, Vacaville Police Department
- Frank Zimring, Professor, Berkeley Law School
For more information on this project, please contact BCCJ Senior Program Associate LaRon Hogg.
