Did “Close to Home” Work in New York City?
From a panel discussion on April 21, 2015, sponsored by the Center for New York City Affairs, The New School. Continue reading Did “Close to Home” Work in New York City?
The Marshall Project—Gangs of New York
Jeffrey Butts, a director of research at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, co-wrote an ongoing analysis of Cure Violence’s presence in high-crime New York City neighborhoods and found that homicide rates are on a downward trend in three areas that employed the interrupters in Brooklyn and in northern Manhattan. “They can form relationships in high-violence communities that police, social workers and ministers simply can’t,” Butts said. Continue reading The Marshall Project—Gangs of New York
The New Orleans Advocate—In New Orleans, ‘Eligible’ Delinquents Increasingly Routed to Adult Courts, Prisons
Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research & Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said he believes the prosecution of youths as adults should be used when it’s clear a juvenile will likely continue to commit serious crime. Otherwise, it shouldn’t, he said. “It basically destroys a person’s future,” Butts said. “We know it makes things worse; but we use it if it’s necessary to prevent something even worse.” Continue reading The New Orleans Advocate—In New Orleans, ‘Eligible’ Delinquents Increasingly Routed to Adult Courts, Prisons
New York’s “Close to Home” Initiative — Lessons Learned
The Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice recently reviewed the outcomes of New York State’s Close to Home initiative. Researchers collected statistical information about the effort, interviewed some of the officials who designed and implemented it, and talked with private providers and advocates. Continue reading New York’s “Close to Home” Initiative — Lessons Learned
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