Youth of color have been overrepresented throughout the juvenile justice system for decades. Despite being the focus of Congressional legislation, juvenile justice coalition and advocate reports, and state and local jurisdictional reform efforts this . . .

This project explores the Sacramento County Probation Department Placement Division’s Deputy Probation Officers’ job duties and role by utilizing a non-probability convenience sampling technique and department documents to learn about the daily functi . . .

The area of criminal justice education is constantly expanding, from the early informal training in American police departments to the passage of the 1968 Law Enforcement Education Program. The next step in criminal justice education is the integratio . . .

Police use of force policies are controversial and under constant public scrutiny. New technology allows police departments to increase their range force options, but also allows criminals to commit more crimes with less visibility. Currently, white-c . . .

Statement of Problem Children suffer from head injury and traumatic brain injury due to the many sports and activities in which they participate, which in many cases causes severe impairment or death. The problem is that when juveniles are arrested, t . . .

With the implementation of Public Safety Realignment (AB 109), California counties experienced a great influx of high-risk offenders diverted from the state prison system. Due to the current fiscal climate of California, these high-risk offenders ente . . .

The Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification (ACE-V) examination method is the current methodology used in forensic identification by latent print examiners. Law enforcement agencies use ACE-V as their preferred examination method as a way t . . .

Mentally ill women are the largest growing inmate population, have high recidivism rates, and have different needs than their male counterparts. This group is grossly under-represented in the literature and requires more attention. This Community Reso . . .

This project compares the Roseville Police Department (RPD) Juvenile Diversion Program against the principles of effective correctional intervention. Additionally, the project examined recidivism rates among program participants. Research on diversion . . .

Several interrelated factors over the last few decades have contributed to an increasing number of encounters between law enforcement and people with mental illness. The problem with these encounters is that law enforcement is usually requested becaus . . .