Some people had strong reactions to “A Tale of Two Reforms,” John Kelly’s cover package last month about the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change (MFC), and disproportionate minority contact (DMC). Several of the responses below have been trimmed for space; the more complete letters, e-mails and Web postings are at the JJ Today section of our website.
Letters to the Editor:
How We Combat DMC
MFC Boosts Aftercare
How MacArthur Builds Reform
Sensationalism
Progress in St. Paul