In this RANE Insights podcast, RANE founder David Lawrence speaks with criminologist, professor, action researcher and author David Kennedy, who’s currently the director of the National Network for Safe Communities at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. According to the Pew Research Center, crime in the United States has fallen since the 1990s. But many
Many evidence-based community violence intervention programs have had proven results, but they’re not a cure-all. Here’s how they work.
President Biden is unveiling a new initiative aimed at tackling what he calls the nation’s “gun violence epidemic.” The administration’s initiatives include stemming the flow of illegal guns, supporting local law enforcement and investing in community violence intervention methods. The administration will also expand summer programming and employment opportunities for teenagers and young adults and
Today marks one year since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, sparking protests nationwide. CBS News’ Jeff Pegues reports on the ongoing push for police reform, and Paul Smith, the director of reconciliation at the National Network at John Jay College, joined CBSN with a look at what has changed a year later.
“What we don’t say is that these groups are in and around Columbus and they’re the ones who are getting killed, they’re the ones who are getting hurt,” Kennedy explains. “They are the victims here,” he adds. “We’re so focused on the criminal side of this and thinking about people as offenders and perpetrators that
After years of increasingly violent gang crime in Malmö, the southern Swedish city was faced with little choice but to try something new. Here’s how police, city officials, organisations and members of the public worked together to sharply reduce the number of shootings.
So where do we go from here? This verdict won’t change the mistrust that many people of color have with the police. This verdict won’t change the criminal justice system, which too often criminalizes people of color and impoverished communities. This verdict won’t change the over policing of those communities, by the police that are
So far, reform in our area includes releasing police disciplinary records to changing hiring and training practices. Policing expert Paul Smith, of John Jay College, says that’s a start. “Acknowledge the harm that has been done, apologize for that harm, hear how it has impacted communities and then ask those communities how can we work together to
For decades, anti-violence crusaders have preached new approaches to curb shootings. Now, the White House is listening. Deep inside President Joe Biden’s 11,700-word plan to revamp the nation’s infrastructure is one sentence that could transform the way America deals with gun violence. It pledges $5 billion over eight years for “evidence based” community violence-prevention programs — or
Eight people were fatally shot in Denver in the first week of July 2020, but no lawmakers called Jason McBride, a leader in gang violence prevention in Denver and Aurora, to ask what was happening. The silence continued the next week, when another eight died in shootings. National news did not cover the violence and there were