A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing
“I see it becoming a faith-based movement,” Dr. Butts said. “There has to be really transparent professional research in order to stand up in public and say this works.” When it comes to community-based interventions, he added, “we are nowhere close to having that.” Continue reading A City Tries to Measure the Violence It’s Preventing
Surveying the MRCS Communities
Surveys conducted in five cities as part of the Research and Evaluation Center’s project for the National League of Cities and its Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. Continue reading Surveying the MRCS Communities
Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
Overall, the interrupter model appears to be effective, according to a 2017 study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In one Bronx neighborhood, the number of shooting victims fell 63 percent during a period when interrupters were active compared with rates before the program began, the study found. Continue reading Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
The Osborne Association Prepare Program: Recidivism Analysis
New York’s Osborne Association operates a reentry program called “Prepare” for fathers and father figures returning home from prison. With funding from the Office of Family Assistance within the Administration for Children and Families in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Prepare program aims to improve relationships between formerly incarcerated fathers and their children using a family-centered approach focusing on parenting and workforce skills with one year of follow-up support. Continue reading The Osborne Association Prepare Program: Recidivism Analysis
Youth Justice Innovations in Maryland
The Research and Evaluation Center is developing a policy analysis and review about the Thrive Academy in Maryland, an effort to prevent youth gun violence in partnership with the State’s Department of Juvenile Justice and a multi-government agency and community stakeholder program known as the Community Investment Initiative (CII). Continue reading Youth Justice Innovations in Maryland
‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases
Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said that there was no discernible migrant crime wave. “I would interpret a ‘wave’ to mean something significant, meaningful, and a departure from the norm,” he said. “So far, what we have are individual incidents of crime.” Continue reading ‘Migrant Crime Wave’ Not Supported by Data, Despite High-Profile Cases