Responding to Firearm Possession Charges in New York City

Initial Findings from the Multimethod Evaluation of the Bronx Osborne Gun Accountability and Prevention Program (BOGAP) July 2026 by Kathleen A. Tomberg, Rebecca Balletto, Gina Moreno, Sheyla A. Delgado, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Patricia Cobar and Jeffrey A. Butts Conducted with funding from the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Abstract The John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center evaluated the Bronx Osborne Gun Accountability … Continue reading Responding to Firearm Possession Charges in New York City

A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing

In Baton Rouge, a public safety experiment could help to answer a critical question: Do community efforts to reduce street violence work? New York Timesby Mark ObbiePhotographs by Dean MajdBaton Rouge, LAApril 22, 2024 … [I]n 1999, a Chicago epidemiologist named Gary Slutkin picked up an old idea of using outreach workers to mediate street disputes. Framing the problem in public health terms, he argued … Continue reading A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing