Government
Dec. 27, 2012
Public attitude softens toward criminal rehabilitation
Structural changes to the criminal justice system have not happened quickly, but the last 20 years have seen dramatic changes in public attitude toward it.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Progressive criminal justice reform has been taboo in California for decades with increased penalties and sentences consistently winning out over attempts at rehabilitating offenders. But as concerns mount over the fiscal health of state government and decreased fear of crime and stagnant recidivism rates, those entrenched attitudes have begun to thaw.
Structural changes to the system have not happened...
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