National Council on Crime and Delinquency Announces Its
Children, Youth, and Families Conference
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) will host
its 2016 Children, Youth, and Families Conference on October 4–6
in Orange County. The conference offers opportunities to learn
from and talk with child welfare professionals, juvenile justice
experts, adult protection workers, administrators, and advocates
from around the country.
Conference highlights include the presentation of the 2016
Distinguished Achievement Award to the creators of Making a
Murderer, a screening of the Fusion documentary Prison
Kids and keynote speaker Dr. William C. Bell. The conference
offers innovative workshop sessions in six tracks, as well as
three engaging pre-conference sessions. Click here to register.
Commission on the Future of California’s Court System Holds
Public Comment Session – August 29
The
Commission on the Future of California’s Court System has
posted concepts it will explore during the August 29 public
comment session in Los Angeles. The concepts will include
judicial discretion and court adjudication of fines and fees,
reducing certain non-serious misdemeanors to infractions,
decriminalizing traffic infractions and improving trial court
employment.
Members of the public may submit comments in writing in advance
or they may arrange to speak at the public comment session by
email at FuturesCommission@jud.ca.gov.
The deadline to submit written comments is August 23. For more
information on comment procedures please click
here.
