”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
“Trump is not fighting real crime; he is staging political theater,” said Jeffrey Butts of John Jay College in New York. Continue reading Crime Is Falling Across the US, So Why Are People More Afraid?
Jeffrey Butts, executive director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay, said the board clearly received professional guidance for the characteristics of adolescence and behavior. “All the language they are using is right on the money,” he said. Continue reading State Parole Board Would Consider Brain Development in Release of Minors
Jeffrey Butts, a public safety research professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said “constant contact” with monitored individuals and their families is a key component of successful home monitoring. “The fact that the state ignored audits with detected flaws or incompetence is really bad behavior by state government,” Butts said. Continue reading Audits Show Years of Noncompliance in Maryland Home Monitoring Companies
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