Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
The results show that the approach should be adopted in “any city trying to get a handle on gun violence,” said Jeffrey Butts, who worked on the study and is the director of the college’s Research and Evaluation Center Continue reading Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
Vital City — The Research That Changed My Thinking
One federally sponsored study from the 1970s changed my life. The research was not statistically brilliant. It did not break new ground in theory or methodology. It simply investigated factors shaping agency decisions in the child welfare system, which can harm poor and disadvantaged families with young children. I was once part of that system. Continue reading Vital City — The Research That Changed My Thinking
Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement
Researchers conducted spatiotemporal analyses combining population data with publicly available crime-related data, including arrests, complaints, and summonses, to create geographically specific indicators for a range of crimes to investigate whether criminal justice processing varies according to the race and ethnicity of justice-involved individuals and the demographic profile of their neighborhoods. Continue reading Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement
Kansas Shooting Raises Questions About Kids Getting Guns
About 40 percent of people report in surveys that they live in a home where people own guns. So, why are we shocked that teenagers can get their hands on them? Continue reading Kansas Shooting Raises Questions About Kids Getting Guns
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