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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

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Trade

NYPD, Queens DA Investigate Possible Gun Smuggling in Migrant Shelters

by Samantha MaxGothamistJune 27, 2024 Researchers have consistently found that immigrants do not commit crimes at higher rates than the general public, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Professor Jeffrey Butts said. But he said that not being able to get a work permit could tempt new arrivals to make money through illegal means “That’s a problem,” he said. “But that’s a function of our … Continue reading NYPD, Queens DA Investigate Possible Gun Smuggling in Migrant Shelters

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National Print

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

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