Violent arrests among New Yorkers ages 17 and younger surged after 2020, most likely for the same reasons violence increased among adults ages 18 and older. Some advocates continue to argue that changes in criminal court jurisdiction are contributing to increases in youth crime, but that effect is not evident in New York City violent crime trends. Continue reading Minor Role II: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
The John Jay College Research and Evaluation Center and the Urban Institute helped the National League of Cities’ Center for Municipal Practice to support local government leaders in five U.S. cities as they worked to reimagine their visions for public safety. Continue reading Reimagining Community Safety
Partial Results from a Contract Issued in Response to the New York City Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative Plan by Sheyla A. Delgado Gina Moreno Fidel Osorio Richard Espinobarros and Jeffrey A. Butts John Jay Research and Evaluation Center August 2024 In 2021, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice (MOCJ) contracted with several research centers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice … Continue reading Ticket Punch: The Consequences of Fare Evasion Enforcement in New York City Subways
Simple differences in law enforcement contacts controlling for race and ethnicity are not de facto evidence of police bias, but monitoring disparity measures could help public officials guard the equity of justice policies and practices. Continue reading Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement
“The best way to understand evaluation research and the development of evidence in youth justice today is to view it as a contentious and evolving process constantly affected by theoretical differences, political ideology, financial interest, bureaucratic dysfunction, and the practical concerns of measurement and data collection.” Continue reading Evidence-Oriented Youth Justice
New York City’s Department of Youth and Community Development implemented three potentially effective programs to prevent violence, reduce crime, and support resident well-being. Effective evaluations rely on detailed frameworks that guide data collection, data analysis, and the interpretation of results. To design reliable evaluations of complex programs, researchers collaborate with policymakers, agency leaders, program staff, and community residents to create detailed evaluation frameworks, revising them as necessary to account for changes in policy and practice. The evaluation frameworks presented here are draft versions offered as starting points for efforts to employ evidence-based public safety strategies in New York City. Continue reading Designing Safety
