CJJ | Newsletter: October 2007

CJJ Leadership News

- Message from Robin Jenkins, CJJ 2007 National Chair
- Message from Nancy Gannon Hornberger, CJJ Executive Director

CJJ Conferences/Meetings – Join Us! Save the Date!

- Come one, come all! Council of SAGs’ Planning Meeting and CJJ Executive Board Elections, October 19-21, 2007
- Looking Ahead: Major Events Planned for 2008

CJJ Government Relations Alert

- Message from Linda Hayes, CJJ 2007 Government Relations Committee Chair
- Appropriations Update
- Help Us Turn Up the Heat on Reauthorization of the JJDPA
- Rep. Scott to Introduce Positive Alternative to Punitive Gang Legislation

CJJ Training News

- CJJ Offers Training Opportunity to SAG Members, Juvenile Justice Specialists and NJJN Members as a Pre-Conference Session at December 2007 Models for Change Conference

Detention Reform News

- Beyond Detention Reform: JDAI Conference and New Publication

Resources and Information of Note

- JPI Releases Second Brief in Public Safety Series
- Human Rights Watch Publishes Brief on U.S. Sex Offender Laws
- CJJ Western Region Chair Rodney Cook Receives Children’s Champion Award
- NCJRS Reports on DMC in Three Cities
- California Assembly Passes Youth Bill of Rights Protecting LGBT Youth
- Upcoming Conferences