Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Transformative Credible Messenger Mentoring to Reduce Violence and Justice System Involvement.
In the past 10 years, California has led the nation in implementing several notable criminal justice reform measures that have reduced incarceration rates, improved conditions in the system, and increased investment in community-based services. This report outlines these reforms, highlighting the different approaches states can take to achieve change.
The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police was the match that lit a fire that has been building in our communities for a long time. Nationwide demands for not just reform, but complete transformation of policing have put pressure on local jurisdictions across the country to make rapid and real change.
This paper describes Oakland, California’s Gun Violence Reduction Strategy, also known as Ceasefire, which has contributed to five consecutive years of reductions in fatal and non-fatal shootings in Oakland, reaching the second lowest level in the last 47 years in 2017. The purpose of this paper is to accurately describe the Oakland Strategy – it’s values, components and mechanics.