Minor Role: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
Based on the newest police data, it does not appear correct to attribute recent increases in violence to a law that only affected youth under age 18. Continue reading Minor Role: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
Congress Is Investing in Alternatives to Police. Can They Work?
According to a 2020 review by John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Cure Violence and similar models “continue to produce promising, but less than definitive evidence of program effects.” Continue reading Congress Is Investing in Alternatives to Police. Can They Work?
Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?
Jeff Butts, a sociologist at John Jay College who led a study in New York, told me that interrupter programs are fundamentally difficult to assess — it’s hard to know whether a decline in shootings in an area is due to the interrupters or to all the other factors at play. Continue reading Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?
USA Today — Data from big cities suggests most violent crime fell last year. It’s not the full picture, experts say.
Crime is a “complicated social phenomenon” with many causes, said Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. “Easy answers are popular, but they are never accurate,” he said. Continue reading USA Today — Data from big cities suggests most violent crime fell last year. It’s not the full picture, experts say.
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