Barry Krisberg Says State Is Better Prepared to House Violent Juveniles

-Oakland Tribune, December 19, 2011 by Angela Woodall
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19575870

In contrast, counties haven’t begun to deal with the level of care needed by the offenders left in the state system, he said. “You would have to start all over.” And there is the risk they could be pushed into the adult prison system.

-San Francisco Chronicle, December 26, 2011 by Marisa Lagos
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-12-26/news/30558005_1_juvenile-offenders-adult-criminal-justice-david-steinhart

UC Berkeley Law criminologist Barry Krisberg, who has helped monitor reforms at the Department of Juvenile Justice mandated by court orders, warned that counties could face litigation over their facilities if they take the serious, violent juvenile offenders.

-The New York Times, The Bay Citizen, December 31, 2011 by Trey Bundy
http://nyti.ms/A0OOZ5

“It seems like a big mistake to walk away from a deal where the state was going to pay you and now you have to pay them,” said Barry Krisberg, a criminologist at the University of California, Berkeley.