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Briefs

Minor Role IV: Violent Crime More of an Adult Problem Today

Arrests for serious and violent crimes generally declined nationwide since the 1990s, and rates dropped sharply when the social and economic disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold in 2020. Arrests then surged in 2021 and 2022 before beginning to fall once again in 2023 and 2024. All age groups display these fluctuations to some degree, but youth under age 18 actually lead the crime decline. Continue reading Minor Role IV: Violent Crime More of an Adult Problem Today

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National Print

Midtown Manhattan Becomes America’s Stage for Acts of Violence

“In Midtown, and in most of Manhattan, your chances of being harmed personally by crime are quite low,” said Jeffrey A. Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. “The people most at risk are in the disadvantaged, economically excluded neighborhoods.” Continue reading Midtown Manhattan Becomes America’s Stage for Acts of Violence

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Varied & Misc

Social Harms of the CVI Binary

A community-leveraged, public health approach to CVI is likely the best, most cost-effective strategy for building safe and healthy communities. But, evidence for the approach is not yet durable. It is just flimsy enough to be cast aside by conservative lawmakers and unimaginative funders dazzled by the decades of research on more easily proven, individually-oriented approaches to public safety. Continue reading Social Harms of the CVI Binary

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