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 … Continue reading
“Where We Live,” a live talk show on WNPR, Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network Listen to the Show (1 hour) Today, we will talk to Laura Saunders, a child and adolescent psychologist from Hartford Hospital’s Institute of Living. She’ll tell us how violence affects the development of both children and their families. We’ll also talk with Jeffrey Butts, a … Continue reading
Preventing Youth Violence Tuesday, 14 Feb 2012. Memphis, Tn – Memphis is part of a National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. The news is very promising for Memphis and the nation. According to figures from the FBI, the number of reported violent crimes nationwide fell 6.4% for the first 6 months of 2011 compared with … Continue reading
Butts, Jeffrey (January 6, 2012). Reclaiming Futures Blog, News & Information. Portland, OR: Reclaiming Futures, Portland State University. When casual readers of the news media search for stories about juvenile crime and justice today, they find a lot of good news. Other than the perennial media coverage of individual crimes and victimization, an online search about juvenile … Continue reading
