“We must accept the reality that to confine offenders behind walls without trying to change them is an expensive folly with short-term benefits — winning battles while losing the war.”
~ Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger
Welcome to Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency's (MCCD) website
MCCD was established in 1956 as Michigan’s only statewide organization dedicated to improving the effectiveness of policies and systems aimed at preventing and controlling crime. MCCD’s services and programs all emanate from the perspective that punishment alone will never provide a comprehensive solution to America's crime problem. Today, we remain committed to the principles that prompted our formation:
- The public must be an informed and an active participant in developing crime prevention and reduction policies.
- Prevention programs reduce the social and human costs associated with crime.
- Everyone is entitled to equal access to and equal treatment by the human services and justice systems.
“It may be harder to change the criminal justice system than to change criminals,” concluded the evaluators of the St. Louis Safe Futures Initiative. We at MCCD have certainly found that to be true. We have also found that change is possible if an informed and active citizenry demands it. The obstacles to change are many, but so are the opportunities.
We hope you find the information on this site informative and that you will join us in demanding that our elected leaders implement policies and programs that effectively address the huge challenges we face in addressing crime and assuring justice.
Reports
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A cautionary tale: The impact of incarceration on Baltimore CityBALTIMORE, MD—Teens spending their free time comforting parents who have lost their own children to violence; a woman fighting to break the cycle of addiction while fighting to keep her family together; a man struggling to keep his job while trying to comply with parole reporting requirements; a formerly incarcerated single mother making her daughter proud by getting her degree; and a woman grappling with the murder of her son and forgiving his assailant. These are some of the people who share their experiences in a new report, “Bearing Witness: Baltimore City’s residents give voice to what’s needed to fix the criminal justice system,” released today by the Justice Policy Institute. More >>
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Huge disparity in poverty among state’s schools and communitiesNew Census release gives fresh information for mid-size areas. More >>
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Using Brain Development Research in Juvenile CourtIn an article for the American Bar Association newsletter, Children’s Rights (“Life after Roper: Using Adolescent Brain Development in Court” Fall/Winter 2009), Wendy Henderson of the Wisconsin Council on Children & Families, an NJJN member, writes about the scientific evidence showing that brain development continues through the mid-20s. Research on brain development can be used in court to support the propositions that adolescents are more reckless than adults, more susceptible to peer influence, less able to judge risk, less able to envision the long term consequences of their actions, and generally less culpable than adults are. More >>
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Webb Introduces Legislation to Examine Justice SystemReport and Analysis by Grace Bauer More >> Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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Advocacy Corner
Executive Director's Message
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Calendar
MCCD Board Meeting
08/26/09
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Overrepresentation Conference
10/05/09 - 10/06/09
MCCD Board Meeting
10/28/09
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MCCD Annual Meeting at the Systems of Care Conference
10/29/09 - 10/30/09
The Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency is co-sponsoring the second annual System of Care Conference: Putting Principles into Practice.
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MCCD Board Meeting
12/09/09
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