Responding to Firearm Possession Charges in New York City
Initial Findings from the Multimethod Evaluation of the Bronx Osborne Gun Accountability and Prevention Program (BOGAP) July 2026 by Kathleen A. Tomberg, Rebecca Balletto, Gina Moreno, Sheyla A. Delgado, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Patricia Cobar and Jeffrey A. Butts Conducted with funding from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Abstract The John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center evaluated the Bronx Osborne Gun Accountability … Continue reading Responding to Firearm Possession Charges in New York City
What’s Behind the Latest National Guard Surge in D.C.
by Will Gottsegen The Atlantic Daily July 10, 2026 Donald Trump summoned the National Guard to Washington, D.C., last August in an attempt to “rescue” the city from “crime, bloodshed, bedlam and squalor and worse.” Since then, the number of soldiers in the capital has ebbed and flowed as states have lent their own Guardsmen to the cause. A month ago, there were just under … Continue reading What’s Behind the Latest National Guard Surge in D.C.
More NYPD Officers Are Coming to the Bronx. Not Everyone is Happy.
by Ben Feuerherd Gothamist June 05, 2026 … Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch have announced a plan to add nearly 200 new officers to the borough. Tisch said the reinforcements are necessary because of a high volume of emergency calls in the area. She said the department will also expand specialized units, including homicide squads, narcotics teams and units that focus on … Continue reading More NYPD Officers Are Coming to the Bronx. Not Everyone is Happy.
Recidivism: Use with Caution
A Deceptively Simple Measure in a Complex and Contentious System by Sumita (Mira) Das and Jeffrey A. Butts John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center June 2026 The foundations of recidivism as an outcome measure presume that interventions by the criminal justice system reduce future criminality. As interventions become more severe, reaching a pinnacle with incarceration, the effects on criminality should increase. Yet, criminological research … Continue reading Recidivism: Use with Caution