Nina Rose Fischer

The Case for Youth Police Initiative (eBook, ePUB)

Interdependent Fates and the Power of Peace

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the Youth Police Initiative (YPI) intervention with a comprehensive look at its effects in Boston as well as Brownsville, Brooklyn, a neighborhood that has both rich community networks as well as the highest crime rate in New York City.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351203494
• Artikelnr.: 59556735

Autorenporträt

Nina Rose Fischer, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department. She has taught undergraduates and graduate students at Hunter in Sociology, Hunter School of Social Work, and John Jay College. She has 20 years experience in juvenile justice as a clinician, administrator, researcher, and policy analyst. She conducted a meta-analysis for the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services about juvenile justice re-entry and led implementation research about the jurisdictions with the highest numbers of youths in jails. She is Principal Investigator on two mixed methods studies. First, the Youth Police Initiative evaluation in Long Island's Hempstead and Wyandanch; Brownsville Brooklyn, New York; and Kansas City, Missouri. Second, the evaluation of the Safety First Real Drug Education for Teens harm reduction drug education curriculum in New York City and San Francisco, CA. She just won the Andrew Weil Award for Achievement in the Field of Drug Education for her research with 800 freshmen. She has also authored book chapters on cross-systems work with youths involved in multiple systems and innovative interventions with youths in the juvenile justice system.