“Any shooting costs about $300,000 minimum, and that’s not even assuming that there was an injury as a result,” said Jeffrey Butts, a researcher at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice and director of the John Jay Research and Evaluation Center. Continue reading In a Brooklyn Neighborhood, Residents — Not Police — Take the Lead on Preventing Violence
“When you answer questions about violence and point to individuals at high risk, that makes politicians happy because they can blame those other people,” Butts said. “There are politicians who live off of getting one group of people to vote against the other group, and this individual-level approach sustains that political energy.” Continue reading The Untold Impact of Nonviolence Work: How Success Gets Measured in Chicago’s Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods
Jeffrey Butts, a John Jay College professor who has spent his career researching juvenile justice, said the problem is too wrapped up in politics and rhetoric. What it really needs is thoughtfulness and nuance. Continue reading Syracuse’s stubborn youth crime problem: Does anyone here have the will to act?
A $300 million initiative that combined job training with anti-violence campaigns was shut down earlier this year because New York City officials say they don’t know how many people participated or found work thanks to the program. Continue reading NYC Signed $300M Deal with Energy Start-up for Job Training, but Doesn’t Know if it Wworked
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