Collateral Consequences: The Effects of Justice Processing for Violations of Drug Laws in New York City
The general goal of the analysis was to determine whether more drug arrests in a neighborhood are associated with changes in a community’s economic well-being. The results indicate that, on average, a one percent increase in drug arrests is associated with a two percent decline in assessed property values, and the effect is lagged: drug arrests this year tend to affect property tax assessments three years from now. Continue reading Collateral Consequences: The Effects of Justice Processing for Violations of Drug Laws in New York City
FBI data shows America is seeing a ‘considerable’ drop in crime. Trump says the opposite.
“When COVID hit we saw this spike, so from 2020 to 2022 it was bad but… it still came nowhere near where we were in the 1990s,” Butts said, noting crime soon began to drop again as expected. Continue reading FBI data shows America is seeing a ‘considerable’ drop in crime. Trump says the opposite.
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