Reducing the stigmatization of formerly incarcerated individuals is important because if they view themselves positively, it can improve their reentry and life trajectory. Continue reading Education in Prison and the Self-Stigma:Empowerment Continuum
Young men who express more confidence in law enforcement are less likely to support the use of personal violence to settle disputes and resolve personal conflicts. Continue reading Repairing Trust
Promising evidence that the public health approach to violence reduction championed by Cure Violence may be capable of creating safe and healthy communities. Continue reading The Effects of Cure Violence in the South Bronx and East New York, Brooklyn
Jeffrey Butts, interviewed on WRVA NewsRadio, discussing possible connections between immigration and crime. Continue reading WRVA News Radio — Immigration and Crime
Community Connections for Youth (CCFY) is a New-York based nonprofit organization, located in the Bronx. The mission of CCFY is to mobilize indigenous faith and neighborhood organizations to develop effective community-based alternative-to-incarceration programs for young people. CCFY believes that increasing local community capacity to work with youth in the justice system is the key to reducing youth crime and delinquency, and improving long-term life outcomes … Continue reading Community Connections for Youth
Data does not support state attorneys’ argument by Jeffrey Butts January 21, 2016 … No credible study ever located the source of the crime drop in the power of prosecutors to send youth to adult courts and adult prisons. There is just no compelling evidence to suggest that prosecutors may rightfully claim the credit for falling rates of violent youth crime. Not even in Florida. … Continue reading Tallahassee Democrat
