My contributions to a discussion at Yale Law School stressed the need to build community violence prevention with credible evidence rather than progressive rhetoric. Continue reading Community Safety as a Public Health Issue: Yale Law School
Jeffrey Butts participated in a panel hosted by the Bureau of Governmental Research in New Orleans, discussing the potential of community-based violence prevention strategies. Continue reading Bureau of Governmental Research — Beyond Law Enforcement: Exploring Community-Based Strategies To Make New Orleans Safer
Discussion at a community roundtable organized by the National Academies of Sciences. Also, Jeffrey Butts and Daniel Webster respond to audience questions following the discussion. Read more about the products of the evaluation. Continue reading Evaluating the Cure Violence Model in New York City
In collaboration with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, JohnJayREC hosted a conference focused on emerging models of young adult justice. Continue reading Video Highlights from the Conference on Young Adult Justice
From a panel discussion on July 15, 2015 at John Jay College, sponsored by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College. Continue reading Young Adult Justice, Evidence-based Practices, and Recidivism
A forum co-hosted by the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Research & Evaluation Center. Video highlights July 15, 2015 Justice-involved young adults in the transition between adolescence and fully mature adulthood have been increasingly recognized as a unique population in need of special policies, programs and practices to reduce their incarceration and collateral system … Continue reading Catching up with Science: A Forum on Young Adults in the Criminal Justice System
