The Untold Impact of Nonviolence Work: How Success Gets Measured in Chicago’s Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods

“When you answer questions about violence and point to individuals at high risk, that makes politicians happy because they can blame those other people,” Butts said. “There are politicians who live off of getting one group of people to vote against the other group, and this individual-level approach sustains that political energy.” Continue reading The Untold Impact of Nonviolence Work: How Success Gets Measured in Chicago’s Hardest-Hit Neighborhoods

JeffreyButtsFebruary 18, 2025February 18, 2025

Regional Print

Shots Fired: How Violence Intervention Groups are Part of the Solution

Jeffrey Butts, a research professor with John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a member of the Rockefeller Institute of Government Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, said the two programs have based their approach to addressing gun violence on a “scientifically informed theory” about why young people sometimes act aggressively against others. Continue reading Shots Fired: How Violence Intervention Groups are Part of the Solution

JeffreyButtsJune 30, 2024July 5, 2024

National Print

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’

JeffreyButtsApril 6, 2024April 8, 2024