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Newsday — Suffolk Police Stopped, Searched Minority Drivers at Higher Rates

October 20, 2020October 28, 2020by JohnJayREC

"It’s where the story begins and where our attitudes begin in terms of how we perceive law enforcement," said Jeffrey Butts, a research professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. "If you’re pulled over all the time, and you think other people are behaving the same way you are, but they’re pulling you over, you immediately start thinking that police are biased, which means government is biased, which causes you to doubt the whole enterprise of democracy and government. So, it’s really serious."

Community Interventions, Crime Data Analysis, Cure Violence, Data Analysis, Data Bits & Research Briefs, Jeffrey Butts, JohnJayREC Products, Policy & Practice Reforms, Sheyla Delgado, Violence

Reducing Gun Violence in New York City

July 17, 2020August 29, 2020by JohnJayREC

Causal relationships are difficult to identify in complex and multi-part initiatives, but New York City’s falling rate of gun violence suggests that recent community initiatives may have helped to sustain previous gains.

Press Coverage

How the Police Could be Defunded

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020by JohnJayREC

Cure Violence helped reduce shootings in the South Bronx by sixty-three per cent, according to a study by John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Press Coverage

New York Public Radio– The Docket: The Tessa Majors Case and the State of New York’s Juvenile Justice System

January 30, 2020January 31, 2020by JohnJayREC

The Tessa Majors case is a test for New York's recently-enacted Raise The Age law, which barred the state from automatically prosecuting 16- and 17-year-olds as adults. Jeffrey Butts, who leads John Jay College's Research and Evaluation Center, told Floyd that this is the exact kind of case that the law's critics could use as leverage to reverse it.

2 after slider, Jeffrey Butts, Other Products

Testimony to the New York City Council

April 18, 2018March 2, 2019by JohnJayREC

Testimony at a New York City Council hearing addressing the City's implementation of "Raise the Age" legislation.

Cure Violence, Jeffrey Butts, JohnJayREC Products, Kevin Wolff, Other Products, Sheyla Delgado, Violence

New York City Gun Violence: 2004-2014

July 28, 2015April 30, 2017by JohnJayREC

Shootings per 1,000 population by Sheyla Delgado, Kevin Wolff, and Jeffrey Butts Research & Evaluation Center July 28, 2015 With funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the New York City Council, the Research & Evaluation Center at John Jay College is conducting a program of studies known as NYC Cure. One study [...]

Courts, Jeffrey Butts, Other Products, Policy & Practice Reforms, Presentations

Statement of Jeffrey A. Butts to the New York Commission on Youth, Public Safety and Justice

August 1, 2014October 6, 2017by JohnJayREC

Reducing youth crime is a complicated business, and I think we all know that it takes more than punishment. If it were possible to stop crime by simply increasing punishment, we would certainly know it by now.

JohnJayREC Products, Monographs, Violence

Homicide by Neighborhood…

July 19, 2012February 21, 2017by JohnJayREC

Chauhan, Preeti and Lauren Kois (2012). Homicide by Neighborhood: Mapping New York City’s Violent Crime Drop. New York, NY: Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. Researchers, scholars, and policymakers interested in the falling rate of violent crime in New York City (NYC) have attempted to pinpoint [...]