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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

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButts
Audio, Broadcast, International Print

La criminalité est-elle vraiment pire que jamais aux États-Unis?

The number of violent incidents and crimes in New York is lower than in some Southern states, says Jeffrey Butts, a professor and researcher at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York (CUNY). “It’s common for people to immediately think of crime when they think of a big city, because there are 8 million of us [people]. Crimes are committed, but if you think about the likelihood of being a victim of crime, New York is not the center of the crime world. In fact, it’s not even in the top 10 right now.” Continue reading La criminalité est-elle vraiment pire que jamais aux États-Unis?

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButts
Varied & Misc

Vital City — The Research That Changed My Thinking

One federally sponsored study from the 1970s changed my life. The research was not statistically brilliant. It did not break new ground in theory or methodology. It simply investigated factors shaping agency decisions in the child welfare system, which can harm poor and disadvantaged families with young children. I was once part of that system. Continue reading Vital City — The Research That Changed My Thinking

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButts
Monographs & Reports

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

Unknown's avatarJeffreyButts