Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Interpreting the Juvenile Incarceration Drop by Jeffrey A. Butts, March 20, 2013 Juvenile Justice Information Exchange On March 17, Nate Balis and Tom Woods from the Annie E. Casey Foundation responded to my JJIE opinion column from March 7 in which I cautioned that it was too soon to claim intentional reform as the cause…Read More »
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
Are We Too Quick to Claim Credit for Falling Juvenile Incarceration Rates? by Jeffrey A. Butts, March 7, 2013 Juvenile Justice Information Exchange The youth justice field is in a celebratory mood. Last month, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Justice Policy Institute released major reports on the declining rate of juvenile incarceration in…Read More »
Youth Today
DC Reforms Offer Some Kids New Beginning New center models holistic, age-appropriate, therapeutic approaches February 21, 2013 by Kaukab Jhumra Smith, Youth Today … Reducing capacity at secure residential facilities frees up scarce resources for developing quality wrap-around services within the community, said Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at the John Jay…Read More »
Juvenile Justice Update
In the October/November 2012 issue of Juvenile Justice Update, Marion Mattingly interviewed Jeffrey Butts about juvenile justice policy, practice, research, and the status of innovation across the country. The entire interview is available by permission of the publisher, Civic Research Institute.
Wall Street Journal
Nahmias, Laura (December 20, 2012). City Reports Drop in Incarceration Rate. Metropolis, a blog of the Wall Street Journal. … Before the mid-1990s, “we used incarceration as if it was magic, assuming locking more people up would bring the crime rate down,” Jeffrey Butts said. … “We now know definitively, you can use alternatives, common sense, without…Read More »
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
States Mull Ohio-Style Juvenile Justice Reformby Maggie Lee, Nov 26, 2012 Georgia has room to make its juvenile justice system more regular, cheaper and better, according to preliminary suggestions from a blue-ribbon panel charged with drafting an overhaul. States including Texas and Ohio have gone down the same path, which, say experts, is not completely…Read More »
The Daily Progress. Charlottesville, VA
Koon, Samantha (2012). UVa-led report calls for less incarceration of juveniles. The Daily Progress. Charlottesville, VA. The juvenile justice system is putting too many minors behind bars, according to a new federally commissioned report led by a University of Virginia law professor. Research on adolescent development indicates that juvenile offenders are less likely to commit…Read More »
The Atlantic – Cities
8 Urban Policy Ideas for Obama’s 2nd Term EMILY BADGER AND SOMMER MATHIS / NOV 07, 2012 If the next president wants to find a way to jump start innovation and entrepreneurship, consumer spending, the housing market, and yes, the creation of jobs, focusing on policy areas that strengthen America’s cities is a no-brainer, regardless of…Read More »
The Chicago Reporter
Minor Misconduct, by Angela Caputo. The Chicago Reporter, November 1, 2012. Chicago, Illinois. If prosecuting minors in the adult system is supposed to be cutting the worst kind of crime, Jeffrey Butts, director of research and evaluation at City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the strategy is falling short….Read More »
North Country Public Radio
Special report: A look inside Moriah Shock Prison, by Natasha Haverty, September 28, 2012. … Even critics of [shock incarceration] agree that this kind of commitment among the staff is valuable. Jeffrey Butts directs the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College. Butts says that if the only contribution of this program is to make the staff focus…Read More »