Researchers at JohnJayREC were contracted to support the New York Governor’s Office in assessing the public safety benefits of financial investments in four key anti-violence initiatives across the state.
Category: Project Summary
New York City’s Crisis Management System
John Jay Research and Evaluation Center (JJREC) collaborated with NORC at the University of Chicago to assess the implementation of violence interruption services, wraparound services, and technical assistance services coordinated by community-based organizations supported through New York City’s “Crisis Management System” (CMS).
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).
Violence Tracker
In 2021, JohnJayREC was asked to test whether the strategies of Fast Track improved crime and violence in the affected areas.
Reclaiming Futures: Revisiting Network Perceptions
An evaluation of Reclaiming Futures estimated the initiative’s impact by surveying system actors about their perceptions of justice and substance abuse treatment systems on three major dimensions (administration, collaboration, and service quality).
New York DCJS Program Fidelity in New York State
The Research and Evaluation Center and the Department of Criminal Justice at John Jay College collaborated in a project to conduct fidelity reviews with several programs across New York City that provided community-based services to offender populations. Reviews were designed to confirm the extent to which programs were operating in ways consistent with the Correctional Program Checklist.