Young NYC Detainees Sleep in Classrooms, Common Areas Amid Overcrowding, Lawyers Say
”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
A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime
Jeffrey Butts, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, in New York City, told me, “If you wanted to go after cities that were in trouble and experiencing increases in homicide, for example, you would go to Little Rock…” Continue reading A Very, Very Expensive Way to Reduce Crime
Crime Is Falling Across the US, So Why Are People More Afraid?
“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?
Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol in Washington
Jeffrey A. Butts, executive director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, noted that even in Washington, federal resources are not actually being targeted where they would make the most difference, in high-crime neighborhoods far from the photogenic monuments and government buildings where National Guard troops are patrolling. Continue reading Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol in Washington