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. Continue reading New York State Investments in Public Safety
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
The general goal of the analysis was to determine whether more drug arrests in a neighborhood are associated with changes in a community’s economic well-being. The results indicate that, on average, a one percent increase in drug arrests is associated with a two percent decline in assessed property values, and the effect is lagged: drug arrests this year tend to affect property tax assessments three years from now. Continue reading Collateral Consequences: The Effects of Justice Processing for Violations of Drug Laws in New York City
Surveys conducted in five cities as part of the Research and Evaluation Center’s project for the National League of Cities and its Institute for Youth, Education, and Families. Continue reading Surveying the MRCS Communities
Overall, the interrupter model appears to be effective, according to a 2017 study by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In one Bronx neighborhood, the number of shooting victims fell 63 percent during a period when interrupters were active compared with rates before the program began, the study found. Continue reading Arrests Expose Rift Between N.Y.P.D. and ‘Violence Interrupters’
