Only if states and counties start making radical changes to how they deal with the four million Americans currently on probation or parole, says a panel of experts at John Jay College. One idea: a probation officer as “coach.”
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Three violence prevention experts told a John Jay College panel that strict licensing, community-based public health programs, and trained intervention to head off violent confrontations are the keys to safer cities.
Growing collaboration between community service providers and police has begun to make headway in an epidemic that has made hospital emergency rooms “busier than bar rooms,” a former Massachusetts sheriff told a panel at John Jay College. The innovative “deflection” approach helps addicts avoid becoming entangled with the justice system.
Speaking at John Jay College, Gurbir Grewal charged that President Donald Trump’s distortion of crime statistics—particularly on crime allegedly committed by undocumented immigrants—is used to fit a “nationalist agenda” and undermines public safety.
The nation’s most significant attempt at overhaul of the justice system in decades will have a significant “trickle-down” effect on state legislatures throughout the country, claimed Ohio State Senate President Larry Obhof at a John Jay College conference Thursday.
George Gascón, the San Fransisco District Attorney, highlighted the irreversible damage of mass incarceration at the 14th annual Harry Frank Guggenheim conference at John Jay College. He also noted the specific power and control DA’s have to fix the problem, including restorative justice models like neighborhood courts.