News of Interest
March 22, 2013
April 5, 2013 - April 7, 2013 | 7:00 pm - 4:00 pm | New York, New York
Mark your calendar for this event! Columbia University's School of Social Work will host their 3rd Annual Criminal Justice Caucus entitled, Beyond the Bars: Moving Forward, which...
March 18, 2013
This year the National Council on Crime and Delinquency’s 20th annual Media for a Just Society (MJS) Awards will honor Andrew Solomon, author of the landmark book Far From the Tree, with the Distinguished Achievement Award in Nonfiction. Mr. Solomon will join NCCD, the MJS judges, and award winners...
March 18, 2013 | by Liz Ryan | The Huffington Post
Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) unanimously in 2003 with the aim of protecting individuals from prison rape. This Huffington Post article, written by NCCD’s Media for a Just Society Awards (MJS) judge Liz Ryan, discusses the facets of PREA that focus on the protection of...
March 14, 2013 | by Laura Casey | The Oakland Tribune
With over 120 guests, the March 8th benefit dinner at Piedmont Community Hall celebrated International Women’s Day and honored NCCD's Senior Researcher, Isami Arifuku, for her outstanding research support to local community based organizations. Profits from the event were donated to The Spot, which...
March 6, 2013 | by Judge George W. Timberlake, Ret. | Youth Today
Policies and legislation meant to keep children safe are flawed because they do not adequately tackle the nature of juvenile delinquency or address the necessary steps for prevention and reform. Referencing the ineffective handling of schoolhouse shootings, this article discusses the need for...
March 4, 2013 | by Mosi Secret | The New York Times
This recent New York Times article discusses how federal judges are working to create special treatment programs for drug-addicted defendants. The effort follows decades of success at the state level with “drug courts” aimed at providing treatment over incarceration to these type of offenders. In...
February 26, 2013 | by Earl Ofari Hutchinson | The Huffington Post
Federal prosecutions that integrate racial bias into legal proceedings are partly responsible for the high number of incarcerated minorities. The article references NCCD’s March 2009 report entitled “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System,” which presents findings about...
February 25, 2013 | by Alex Kotlowitz | The New York Times
The New York Times cites the Defending Childhood Task Force report and task force witness Dr. Ted Corbin in an op-ed today. Watch Dr. Corbin's testimony to the task force on "Measuring Childhood Exposure to Violence" on our hearing videos page.
February 21, 2013
Contact: Renee Plog, Communications Manager (800) 306-6223
Oakland, CA – The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)'s Board of Directors recently elected six new members. The new board members bring expertise in juvenile and criminal justice, foster care and child welfare, human rights...
February 20, 2013
Social justice is one of NCCD’s core values. We are committed to promoting a society that is based on the principles of equality and fairness, that values human rights, and that recognizes the dignity of every human being. Reform and system change are needed in order to ensure that all people have...
