Usually in this space, we talk a lot about what’s wrong in the criminal justice system. So in this three-part series, we’re looking outside of the Bay Area for examples of what works. On Monday, we spoke with UC-Berkeley Professor Franklin Zimring about New York City’s massive crime decline over the last two decades. And yesterday, we looked at a method police are using to predict crime before it happens. Today, we’re in Santa Cruz, examining why the county has become a national model for keeping kids of out jail.
