Availability of Places for Required Courses in Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies - June 17, 2013 The Center on Terrorism Certificate Students: please note that another section of CRJ 772 (Seminar in Terrorism Studies) has been added for Fall 2013 – the registration code is 5419. Make sure to sign up ASAP as this is a required course for the Advanced Certificate in Te [...]
New Course in the Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies - Terror and Human Rights - June 15, 2013 The Center on Terrorism A new course that has been added to the curriculum of the Advanced Certificate in Terrorism Studies this fall - Terror and Human Rights. It is being taught by a very informed adjunct, Jamil Dakwar, who is the Director of the American Civil Liberti [...]
Criminal Justice Policy Research - April 27, 2013 Research and Evaluation Center The Research and Evaluation Center is working with Justice Fellowship (JF) to provide expertise and support that will advance JF’s goal of changing the national narrative on criminal justice. The project will result in a series of research reports [...]
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange - April 24, 2013 Research and Evaluation Center There is More than One 'System' in Juvenile Justice by Jeffrey A. Butts, April 24, 2013 Juvenile Justice Information Exchange Mental health is one important issue in a bundle of issues affecting public understanding of juvenile crime and j [...]
Assessing Gun Violence Reduction Strategies in New York City - April 11, 2013 Research and Evaluation Center The Research and Evaluation Center is assessing the implementation of gun violence reduction initiatives in New York City neighborhoods. With funds awarded from the New York City Council, the project is tracking the formation and deployment of gun v [...]
Dr Scott Atran in Foreign Policy: "Social Warfare" - March 18, 2013 The Center on Terrorism Scott Atran (March 15, 2013). "Social Warfare." Foreign Policy. With the automatic sequestration cuts geared up to slash billions of dollars from domestic programs, military funding, social services, and government-sponsored scientific rese [...]
Dr Scott Atran in The Huffington Post: "The Folly of Defunding Social Science" - March 18, 2013 The Center on Terrorism Scott Atran (March 15, 2013). "The Folly of Defunding Social Science." The Huffington Post. With the so-called sequester geared to cut billions of dollars to domestic programs, military funding, social services, and government-sponsored sci [...]
Teaming up for Safer Cities - December 7, 2012 Research and Evaluation Center Butts, Jeffrey A., Caterina Roman, and Kathleen A. Tomberg (2012). Teaming up for Safer Cities . A Report from the Implementation Assessment of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. New York, NY: Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay [...]
The Philadelphia Inquirer - September 9, 2012 The Center on Terrorism John Mueller (September 9, 2012). "Never have so few been able to frighten so many." The Philadelphia Inquirer. As we enter the second year of 9/11's second decade, anxieties about terrorism in the United States haven't declined [...]
Homicide by Neighborhood... - July 19, 2012 Research and Evaluation Center 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, [...]
Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment... - September 6, 2011 Research and Evaluation Center Butts, Jeffrey A. and Douglas N. Evans (2011). Resolution, Reinvestment, and Realignment: Three Strategies for Changing Juvenile Justice. New York, NY: Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New [...]
Charles Jennings, associate professor in the Department of Security, Fire, and Emergency Management and director of the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies at John Jay College, has spent several years working with the Surrey Fire Services, sharing his expertise on socioeconomic factors and fire risk. Subsequently, Surrey was awarded a 2013 Community Health and Safety Program Excellence Award for its Evidence-Based Fire Reduction Strategy and HomeSafe program by the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Jennings co-authored HomeSafe’s formal evaluation along with Dr. Joseph Clare of Surrey Fire Service and the University of Western Australia, Fire Chief Len Garis of Surrey Fire Service and the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) and Dr. Darryl Plecas of UFV. The evaluation was published in the March 2012 edition of the Journal of Safety Research.
