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Jeffrey A. Butts is the director of the Research and Evaluation Center. His work focuses on policies and programs for youth involved with the justice system. He has 30 years of experience in research, program evaluation, policy analysis, and direct services. Previously, he was a research fellow with Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, director of the Program on Youth Justice at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, and senior research associate at the National Center for Juvenile Justice. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon and earned the Ph.D. in sociology and social work from the University of Michigan. For more information, see: http://jeffreybutts.net
Selected Publications
Jeffrey A. Butts, John K. Roman, and Jennifer Lynn-Whaley (2011). Varieties of Juvenile Court: Nonspecialized Courts, Teen Courts, Drug Courts, and Mental Health Courts, in The Oxford Handbook of Juvenile Crime and Juvenile Justice, Barry C. Feld and Donna M. Bishop (Editors). New York: Oxford Univeristy Press.
Jeffrey A. Butts and John Roman (2011). Better Research for Better Policies, in Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice (pp. 505-526). Francine Sherman and Francine Jacobs (Editors). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Jeffrey A. Butts 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 York.
John K. Roman, Jeffrey A. Butts, and Caterina Roman (2011). “Evaluating Systems Change in a Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative.” Children and Youth Services Review, 33: S41-S53.
Jeffrey A. Butts (2011). Process Evaluation of the Chicago Juvenile Intervention and Support Center. New York, NY: Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
Willison, Janeen B., Daniel P. Mears, and Jeffrey A. Butts (2011). “The U.S. Juvenile Justice Policy Landscape.” In U.S. Criminal Justice Policy: A Contemporary Reader. Karim Ismaili (Editor). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning, Inc.
Jeffrey A. Butts and Jennifer Ortiz (2011). “Teen courts — Do they work and why?” New York State Bar Association Journal, 83(1): 18-21.
Jeffrey A. Butts and Daniel P. Mears (2011). “Trends in American Youth Crime.” In Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice, David W. Springer and Albert R. Roberts (Editors). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc.
Jeffrey A. Butts and Caterina Gouvis Roman (2010). “A Community Youth Development Approach to Gang Control Programs.” In Youth Gangs and Community Intervention: Research, Practice, and Evidence. Robert J. Chaskin (Editor). New York: Columbia University Press.
