. “It reminds me of the 1990s, in the sense that every incident of violence becomes a major news story,” said Jeffrey Butts, director of the research and evaluation center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Continue reading Shootings Rise in New York, Coloring Perceptions of City’s Safety
For professor Jeffrey Butts of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who has spent years studying juvenile justice, the video is clear evidence of the disparate treatment accorded young Black people by police, long a concern of activists and policymakers across New Jersey. Continue reading Bridgewater Mall Incident Reignites New Jersey Debate over Police and Racial Profiling
Jeffrey Butts, the director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College, said Tuesday that the results of the study are “not surprising.” “When we talk about racial and ethnic bias in the justice system it’s always a little increment of bias at every stage . . . [it] ends up being a huge problem at the end,” he said. Continue reading For Some, Report on Mass. Traffic Stops Shows Stubborn Racial Biases Persist in Policing
“If we start to define public safety though, in terms of how much money we spend on policing, that’s the wrong approach.” Continue reading Responding to Gun Violence in New York City
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