JohnJayREC Products by Staff, Students, and Faculty Affiliates
2025
Minor Role IV: Violent Crime More of an Adult Problem Today
Jeffrey A. Butts and Gina Moreno
Community Safety Innovations: New York State Initiatives to Strengthen Public Safety
Justice Evans, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Rebecca Balletto, Kathleen A. Tomberg and Jeffrey A. Butts
Investing in Maryland: Engaging Public Resources and Community Partnerships to Prevent Crime and Violence
Jeffrey A. Butts, Rebecca Balletto and Patricia Cobar
Community Safety Investments: Violence Prevention Initiatives Across New York State
Rebecca Balletto, Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado, Justice Evans, Gina Moreno, Michael Rempel, René Ropac, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio and Kathleen A. Tomberg
Minor Role III: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
Jeffrey A. Butts and Gina Moreno
2024
Major Crime Trends Differ in New York City and New York State
Jeffrey A. Butts and Gina Moreno
Minor Role II: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
Jeffrey A. Butts and Gina Moreno
Reimagining Community Safety –Perceptions of Policy and Practice in Five Cities
Patricia Cobar, Kathleen A. Tomberg, Fidel L. Osorio and Jeffrey A. Butts
The Osborne Association Prepare Program: Recidivism Analysis
Kathleen A. Tomberg and Gina Moreno
Ticket Punch: The Consequences of Fare Evasion Enforcement in New York City Subways
Sheyla A. Delgado, Gina Moreno, Fidel Osorio, Richard Espinobarros and Jeffrey A. Butts
Collateral Consequences: The Effects of Justice Processing for Violations of Drug Laws in New York City
NORC at the University of Chicago: John K. Roman, Gregory Haugan, Benjamin Schapiro and Sofia Rodriguez
Color Contrast: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in New York City Law Enforcement
Gina Moreno, Richard Espinobarros, Sheyla A. Delgado and Jeffrey A. Butts
2023
Designing Safety — Public Safety Initiatives Managed by the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development
Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Patricia Cobar, Fidel L. Osorio, Sheyla A. Delgado and Jeffrey A. Butts
Shoplifting and Other Types of Petit Larceny in New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts and Richard A. Espinobarros
Minor Role: Youth Under Age 18 and New York City Violence
Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado and Richard A. Espinobarros
2022
New York City Gun Violence Costs Tax Payers $40 Million a Year in Hospital Costs Alone
Gina Moreno
Community Violence Intervention at the Roots (CVI–R)
Katheryne Pugliese, Paul Odér, Talib Hudson and Jeffrey A. Butts
Neighbors at Risk
Jeffrey A. Butts, Gina Moreno and Richard Espinobarros
2021
Conceptualization, Implementation, and Management of the New York City Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety
Wogod Alawlaqi, Nicole Alexander, Rebecca Balletto, Justice Banks, Jeffrey Butts, Patricia Cobar, Edda Fransdottir, Jason Szkola, Kathy Tomberg, and Anthony Vega
Shooting Trends Vary Across Areas of New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts and Richard A. Espinobarros
Returning Home: A Descriptive Evaluation of Prepare in New York City
Kathleen A. Tomberg, Gina Moreno, Patricia Cobar, and Nicole Alexander
Shooting Surge Continuing to Slow Across New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts and Richard A. Espinobarros
Shooting Surge Beginning to Slow Across New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts and Richard A. Espinobarros
2020
Reducing Violence Without Police: A Review of Research Evidence
Charles Branas, Shani Buggs, Jeffrey A. Butts, Anna Harvey, Erin M. Kerrison, Tracey Meares, Andrew V. Papachristos, John Pfaff, Alex R. Piquero, Joseph Richardson Jr., Caterina Gouvis Roman, and Daniel Webster
Opinions and Perceptions of Residents in New York City Public Housing: More Findings from Household Surveys in MAP Communities and Non-MAP Communities
Gina Moreno, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Hans Erickson
Reducing Gun Violence in New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts and Sheyla A. Delgado
Reported Crime in MAP Communities Compared with Other NYC Areas
Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado, Richard A. Espinobarros, and Gina Moreno
Who Pays for Gun Violence? You Do
Edda S. Fransdottir and Jeffrey A. Butts
Easily Overstated: Estimating the Relationship Between State Justice Policy Environments and Falling Rates of Youth Confinement
Douglas N. Evans, Gina Moreno, Kevin T. Wolff, and Jeffrey A. Butts
2019
Opinions and Perceptions of Residents in New York City Public Housing
Sheyla A. Delgado, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Gina Moreno
Older Adults Responsible for Total Growth in Drug Arrests
Jeffrey A. Butts
Youth Still Leading Violent Crime Drop: 1988-2018
Jeffrey A. Butts
Public Safety Trends in MAP Communities and Matched Comparison Areas
Sheyla A. Delgado, Richard A. Espinobarros, Gina Moreno, and Jeffrey A. Butts
Measurement Plan and Analytic Strategies for Evaluating the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety
Jeffrey A. Butts, John Roman, Angela Silletti, Anthony Vega, and Wogod Alawlaqi
2018
Mixed News About Youth Violence in Recent FBI Crime Data
Jeffrey A. Butts
Quasi-Experimental Comparison Design for Evaluating the Mayor’s Action Plan for Neighborhood Safety
Sheyla A. Delgado, Wogod Alawlaqi, Richard A. Espinobarros, Laila Alsabahi, Anjelica Camacho, and Jeffrey A. Butts
Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP) Practitioner Learning Follow-up Assessment
Arlana Henry
Inside the Osborne Association’s Prepare Program
Victor St. John and Kathleen A. Tomberg
Gun Violence is not an “Urban” Problem
Jeffrey A. Butts
Critical Care: The Important Role of Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs
Douglas N. Evans and Anthony Vega
Positive Outcomes: Strategies for Assessing the Progress of Youth Involved in the Justice System
Jeffrey A. Butts, Emily Pelletier and Lila Kazemian
2017
Repairing Trust: Young Men in Neighborhoods with Cure Violence Programs Report Growing Confidence in Police
Jeffrey A. Butts and Sheyla A. Delgado
The Effects of Cure Violence in The South Bronx and East New York, Brooklyn
Sheyla A. Delgado, Laila Alsabahi, Kevin T. Wolff, Nicole Marie Alexander, Patricia A. Cobar, and Jeffrey A. Butts
Juveniles Lead Adults in Declining Rate of Drug Crime
Jeffrey A. Butts
Young Men in Neighborhoods with Cure Violence Programs Adopt Attitudes Less Supportive of Violence
Sheyla A. Delgado, Laila Alsabahi and Jeffrey A. Butts
Savings Rate: How Wraparound Advocacy May Reduce the Consequences and Costs of State Commitment for Justice-Involved Youth
Douglas N. Evans, Megan O’Toole and Jeffrey A. Butts
Local Measures: The Need for Neighborhood-Level Data in Youth Violence Prevention Initiatives
Jeffrey A. Butts and Alana M. Henninger
2016
Street by Street: Cross-Site Evaluation of the OJJDP Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program
Jeffrey A. Butts and Kathleen A. Tomberg
Racial Disparities Persist in Juvenile Court Placements
Jeffrey A. Butts
Total Youth Arrests for Violent Crime Still Falling Nationwide
Jeffrey A. Butts
Reclaiming Futures and Organizing Justice for Drug-Using Youth
Jeffrey A. Butts, Kathleen A. Tomberg, Jennifer Peirce, Douglas N. Evans, and Angela Irvine
Durable Collaborations: The National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
Kathleen A. Tomberg and Jeffrey A. Butts
Emerging Techologies and the Need for Evaluation
Jason Tashea
2015
Stargate Theatre Company: Engaging Justice-Involved Youth in Creativity and Growth
Jeffrey A. Butts and Martha Wade Steketee
Straight Lives: The Balance between Human Dignity, Public Safety, and Desistance from Crime
Lila Kazemian
Perceptions of Violence in Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)
Sheyla A. Delgado, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Laila Alsabahi
Perceptions of Violence in Morrisania (The Bronx)
Sheyla A. Delgado, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Laila Alsabahi
Respondent-Driven Sampling: Evaluating the Effects of the Cure Violence Model with Neighborhood Surveys
Kwan Lamar Blount-Hill and Jeffrey A. Butts
New York City Gun Violence: 2004-2014
Sheyla Delgado, Kevin Wolff and Jeffrey A. Butts
Racial Disparities in Juvenile Drug Arrests
Jeffrey A. Butts
Perceptions of Violence in The South Bronx
Jeffrey A. Butts, Sheyla A. Delgado, and Marissa Mandala
Perceptions of Violence: Surveying Young Males in New York City
Sheyla A. Delgado, Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, Marissa Mandala and Jeffrey A. Butts
Perceptions of Violence in Harlem
Sheyla A. Delgado, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Marissa Mandala
Staying Connected: Keeping Justice-Involved Youth “Close to Home” in New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts, Laura Negredo and Evan Elkin
New York’s ‘Close to Home’ Initiative — Lessons Learned
Jeffrey A. Butts
New York’s ‘Close to Home’ Initiative — Did it Work?
Jeffrey A. Butts
Shooting Trends in New York City
Kevin Wolff, Sheyla Delgado and Evan Misshula
Effectiveness of The Cure Violence Model in New York City
Jeffrey A. Butts, Kevin T. Wolff, Evan Misshula, and Sheyla A. Delgado
2014
Out-of-Home Placements Falling Among Younger Juveniles
Jeffrey A. Butts
Punishment Without End
Douglas N. Evans
Violent Youth Arrests Continue to Fall Nationwide
Jeffrey A. Butts
The Debt Penalty: Exposing the Financial Barriers to Offender Reintegration
Douglas N. Evans
Gun Violence in New York City
Sheyla Delgado and Evan Misshula
YAP Assists Youth in Finding and Securing Employment
Douglas N. Evans and Sheyla Delgado
Youth Realize Educational Gains Following Their Participation in YAP
Douglas N. Evans and Sheyla Delgado
NYC-Cure Preliminary Survey Findings
REC Team
Compensating Victims of Crime
Douglas N. Evans
YAP Helps to Keep Youth Out of Secure Facilities
Douglas N. Evans and Sheyla Delgado
YAP’s Approach to Wrap-Around Services Appears Intensive and Flexible
Douglas N. Evans and Sheyla Delgado
Most High Risk Youth Referred to YAP, Inc. Remain Arrest Free and in Their Communities During YAP Participation
Douglas N. Evans and Sheyla Delgado
Denormalizing Violence: Evaluation Framework for a Public Health Model of Violence Prevention
Jeffrey A. Butts with Lindsay Bostwick and Jeremy Porter
Line Drawing: Raising the Minimum Age of Criminal Court Jurisdiction in New York
Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman
2013
Violent Youth Crime in U.S. Falls to New 32-Year Low
Jeffrey A. Butts
Crime Drop II – Young People are Leading the Newest Violent Crime Decline
Jeffrey A. Butts
Ready for Success: A Profile of YouthBuild Mentoring Participants
Kathleen A. Tomberg
NYC-Cure First Year Assessment Report 2013
Sheyla Delgado, Laura Negredo, Popy Begum, Michelle Cubellis, Alana Henninger, Douglas Evans, Kathy Tomberg and Jeffrey Butts
Youth Development through Service: A Quality Assessment of the YouthBuild AmeriCorps Program
Kathleen A. Tomberg
Is the Decline in Juvenile Incarceration Due to Reform or Falling Crime Rates?
Jeffrey A. Butts
2012
Teaming Up for Safer Cities: A Report from the Implementation Assessment of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
Jeffrey A. Butts, Caterina Gouvis Roman, Kathleen A. Tomberg
Violent Youth Crime Plummets to a 30-Year Low
Jeffrey A. Butts
What’s the Evidence for Evidence-Based Practice?
Jeffrey A. Butts
Increasing Drug Arrests After 1980 had Disproportionate Effect on Women
Jeffrey A. Butts
Pioneers of Youth Justice Reform: Achieving System Change Using Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment Strategies
Douglas N. Evans
The French Prison System: Comparative Insights for Policy and Practice in New York and the United States
Lila Kazemian and Catrin Andersson
Less Serious Offenses Account for 90 Percent of The Growth in Juvenile Placements
Jeffrey A. Butts
Mental Health and Drug Disorders Less Common at Early Stages of Juvenile Justice
Jeffrey A. Butts
Violent Crime Rates Continue to Fall Among Juveniles and Young Adults
Jeffrey A. Butts
Interim Report 1: National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention
Jeffrey A. Butts, Kathleen Tomberg, Douglas Evans, Rhoda Ramdeen, Caterina Roman and Caitlin Taylor
Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court Is Not Correlated with Falling Youth Violence
Jeffrey A. Butts
Recent Increases in Drug Arrests Were for Possession, Not Sales
Jeffrey A. Butts
School Crime has Declined Sharply Since The 1990s
Jeffrey A. Butts
Could Focused Deterrence Strategies Reduce Drug-Related Violence in Mexico?
Douglas N. Evans
As Serious Juvenile Crime Declined, Police Made More Arrests for Less Serious Offenses
Jeffrey A. Butts
2011
Process Evaluation of the Chicago Juvenile Intervention and Support Center
Jeffrey A. Butts
Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment: Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice
Jeffrey A. Butts and Douglas N. Evans
2005
National Center for the Advancement of Prevention (CAP): Final Report
2003
Manhattan Family Treatment Court Final Evaluation Report
1999
The Asphalt Green Girls Fitness Leadership Program Final Evaluation Report
The Bushwick Geographic Targeting Task Force Coalition Final Evaluation Report
1998
The Greater Jamaica Community Coalition Final Evaluation Report
Fountain for Youth Evaluation Summary
1997
Bridgeport Youth Firearms Violence Initiative Final Evaluation Report
1989
1986
Bang the Gavel Slowly: Felony Case Processing in New York City’s Supreme Court