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Minor Role IV: Violent Crime More of an Adult Problem Today

Varied & Misc

What Researchers Are Thinking When You Tell Us About Some Success You’ve Had

toptag, Varied & Misc, Video

Balancing Deterrence and Prevention: The Role of Research

Monographs & Reports, toptag

Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence

Academic Journals

Good Questions: Building Evaluation Evidence in a Competitive Policy Environment

National Print

Will Zohran Mamdani Make NYC a Progressive Paradise? There are Obstacles.

Crime is a “complicated social phenomenon” with many causes, said Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. “Easy answers are popular, but they are never accurate,” he said. Continue reading Will Zohran Mamdani Make NYC a Progressive Paradise? There are Obstacles.

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButtsDecember 31, 2025December 31, 2025
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Us and Them

On this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay and his guest, Jeffrey Butts, consider what data really tell us about the level of violence in our country. Continue reading Us and Them

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButtsNovember 13, 2025December 6, 2025
Regional Print

Young NYC Detainees Sleep in Classrooms, Common Areas Amid Overcrowding, Lawyers Say

”What we never do is reflect back on ourselves to think, ‘Why are we having these problems and what do we do to prevent them from occurring in the future?’” Butts said. Continue reading Young NYC Detainees Sleep in Classrooms, Common Areas Amid Overcrowding, Lawyers Say

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButtsOctober 14, 2025October 14, 2025
National Print

A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

Jeffrey Butts, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in New York City, told me, “If you wanted to go after cities that were in trouble and experiencing increases in homicide, for example, you would go to Little Rock…” Continue reading A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButtsOctober 10, 2025October 10, 2025

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