Before joining the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College in 2010, Jeff Butts was a research fellow with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago (2005-2009), director of the Program on Youth Justice at the Urban Institute (1997-2005), and senior research associate at the National Center for Juvenile Justice in Pittsburgh (1991-1997). After beginning his career as a social worker in Oregon, he turned to research, designing and managing projects with budgets totaling $55 Million ($73 Million in 2024 dollars), and working with policymakers and practitioners in more than 30 states and several countries. Jeff’s publications include dozens of open-access monographs and reports, two books and many book chapters, as well as articles in academic journals.