Jeffrey Butts, the director of the Research & Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, says the pandemic has exacerbated societal shortcomings that existed well before the health crisis. Continue reading After A Painfully Violent 2020, NYC Shootings Continue To Spike
“In general, courts and legislatures do tend to leave a little wiggle room for judicial interpretation, and of course prosecutors always hate that,” said Jeffrey Butts, head of the Research Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Continue reading Teen Busted Nine Times Could Get Sweetheart Deal — For Graduating High School
Jeffrey Butts, who has done extensive research on cure-violence initiatives, also questioned how far the experiment could go. Continue reading Five Days Without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future’?
“It’s where the story begins and where our attitudes begin in terms of how we perceive law enforcement,” said Jeffrey Butts, a research professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “If you’re pulled over all the time, and you think other people are behaving the same way you are, but they’re pulling you over, you immediately start thinking that police are biased, which means government is biased, which causes you to doubt the whole enterprise of democracy and government. So, it’s really serious.” Continue reading Suffolk Police Stopped, Searched Minority Drivers at Higher Rates
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