Category: Patricia Cobar

Anthony Vega, Community Interventions, Edda Fransdottir, Evaluation, Jay Szkola, Jeffrey Butts, JohnJayREC Products, Kathy Tomberg, Monographs, Nicole Alexander, NYC Mayor's Action Plan, Patricia Cobar, Policy & Practice Reforms, Wogod Alawlaqi

Conceptualization, Implementation, and Management of the New York City Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety

by JohnJayREC

New York City's MAP strategy marshaled the talents and energies of residents to improve public safety and build healthy communities working in collaboration with local government and nonprofit partners. The initiative implemented MAP in more than a dozen public housing developments spread across New York City. John Jay College's Research and Evaluation Center worked with NORC at the University of Chicago to assess the design and implementation of MAP by observing operations, interviewing local officials and staff, and surveying residents.

Community Interventions, Evaluation, Gina Moreno, JohnJayREC Products, Kathy Tomberg, Monographs, Nicole Alexander, Osborne Association, Patricia Cobar, Policy & Practice Reforms

Returning Home: A Descriptive Evaluation of Prepare in New York City

by JohnJayREC

The Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (JohnJayREC) partnered with Osborne Association to evaluate the first five years of a program designed to improve relationships between formerly incarcerated fathers and their children.

1 slider, Community Interventions, Cure Violence, Evaluation, Jeffrey Butts, JohnJayREC Products, Kevin Wolff, Laila Alsabahi, Monographs, Nicole Alexander, Patricia Cobar, Sheyla Delgado, Violence

The Effects of Cure Violence in the South Bronx and East New York, Brooklyn

by JohnJayREC

Promising evidence that the public health approach to violence reduction championed by Cure Violence may be capable of creating safe and healthy communities.