The sharp rise in violent crime in New York City and elsewhere has triggered doubts about how far to go in justice reform. But it doesn’t have to be an “either-or” proposition, says Richard Aborn, president of the city’s Citizen Crime Commission. In the latest installment of the “Crossroads” series of interviews sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, Aborn explains why.
Browsing: At the Crossroads
Marlon Peterson emerged from 10 years in prison with a degree and a conviction that incarceration is an ultimately futile tool of the U.S. justice system. In an interview for the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation’s “At the Crossroads” series, he tells writer Greg Berman that punishment alone cannot address the traumas at the root of violent criminal behavior.
Jeffrey Butts, director of the Research and Evaluation Center at John Jay College, traces the increase in violent crime in New York and other large cities to social disruptions caused by the pandemic. He explains why in an interview launching “At the Crossroads,” a new series sponsored by the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.