Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement

Researchers conducted spatiotemporal analyses combining population data with publicly available crime-related data, including arrests, complaints, and summonses, to create geographically specific indicators for a range of crimes to investigate whether criminal justice processing varies according to the race and ethnicity of justice-involved individuals and the demographic profile of their neighborhoods. Continue reading Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement

Evaluability Assessment of NYC Public Safety Initiatives

In 2023, the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) asked the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (JohnJayREC) to examine the City’s efforts across three program domains to assess their current operations and the potential for future evaluations to document their effects on neighborhood safety and the well-being of residents. Continue reading Evaluability Assessment of NYC Public Safety Initiatives