Publications
Balancing the Scales of Justice
The W. Haywood Burns Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California (ACLU-NC) have released a report that explores how racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in access to education, employment, and housing impact the contact people will have with the criminal justice system.
Volume 2: The Keeper and The Kept
In The Keeper and the Kept, James Bell, Laura John Ridolfi, Michael Finley and Clinton Lacey challenge our nation's overreliance on detention and offer an introduction to the BI method.
Reactions to Publication
Letters and emails written about the BI's report, Adoration of the Question, by juvenile justice experts.
Volume 1: Adoration of the Question
In this first publication of our forthcoming series, we reflect on the failure to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system in the 20 years since Congress first mandated that States "address" disproportionality.
History Curriculum
Spanning the years 1500-2007, it is designed for participants to understand the history of detention.
