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Jeffrey Butts

@jeffreybutts.bsky.social

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Research Professor and Center Director, John Jay College of Criminal Justice (City Univ of New York). Kid from Ohio, living in Manhattan - https://JeffreyButts.net -
#justice #criminology #research

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 1d

so, you're the one attracting all the pigeons here!

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 1d

When will the U.S. stop feeding our pig(s)?
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'Don't feed the pig': For all of his unpopularity, corruption may bring Trump's downfall

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 9d

A great 50th Anniversary version of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" was just released. As a teenager still living in my parents' house then, I listened to it many times. Always kept a window open, and a towel shoved under the door, to make sure that... to keep the smell of... well, you know.

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 15d

The holidays are here!
(actual song starts at 2:40 in...)
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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like F This - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody

YouTube video by Randy Rainbow

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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 16d

"On average, young adults remain much less religious than older Americans. Today’s young adults also are less religious than young people were a decade ago. And there is no indication that young men are converting to Christianity in large numbers." www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Chart from Pew Research Center showing that, by a variety of measures, young adults in the United States are less religious than their elders.

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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 21d

George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.

Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · 26d

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2025 Holiday Greetings from NYC

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 21

Really important.
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What happens when billionaires try to take over politics? 'Revolt' and 'civil war': Elson warns

YouTube video by MS NOW

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 20

new favorite song
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"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 20

This guy owns Time Magazine. One more thing I never have to buy or read again.

DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Nov 20

Oh so fun being with democracy destroyers. 🙄

Marc Benioff again showing he is a clueless putz.

Social media post of Marc Benioff at the White House celebration of the Saudi Crown Butcher mugging it up with Trump's Attorney General hack Pam Bondi - caption "This is what happens when you let fun people in"

Clueless fuck

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 20

Here's something Trump did that I like. At VP Cheney's funeral, it is truly comforting to see Biden, Bush, Gore, Harris, & Pence set aside any political differences to celebrate Cheney & his family with kindness and humor. Trump wasn't invited. His extremism highlights what remains of our culture.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · Nov 20

Oh so fun being with democracy destroyers. 🙄

Marc Benioff again showing he is a clueless putz.

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 18

I appeared on this public radio podcast to discuss how politicians use, and more often misuse, crime data.
jeffreybutts.net/2025/11/13/u...

Us and Them

On this episode of Us & Them, host Trey Kay and his guest, Jeffrey Butts, consider what data really tell us about the level of violence in our country.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 8

Agree. But then, I'm even more of a curmudgeon.

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 7

hey! shush ... all deadlines are flexible, we have to adhere to that as a core principle

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · Nov 6

Here are the proven crime-prevention policies that NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani can implement in order to improve life for all New Yorkers: bit.ly/47nKnLO

How NYC’s Next Mayor Can Lead on Public Safety and Justice Reform

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani can improve New Yorkers’ well-being by prioritizing proven crime-prevention policies.

www.brennancenter.org

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Nov 5

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 30

Exactly.

"Just because President Trump has an idea, the Democrat Party’s visceral reaction is just to say no,” Scalise said during a press conference last week.

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 29

Wow

A few hours following publication, the Times of London got rid of the article “after discovering that our reporter had been misled by an individual falsely claiming to be the former New York mayor,” per a statement from the newspaper obtained by the Times.

thehill.com/homenews/med...

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 24

I admire my John Jay College colleagues who dream that elected officials will support public safety policies that actually improve public safety, rather than simply using public safety to play election games. I share their dream, but I've also been awake a long time.
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Bail reforms have led to less recidivism, report finds — Queens Daily Eagle

Recidivism and re-arrest frequency for people charged with nearly all crimes have significantly declined in the five years since cash bail was prohibited for misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, a ne...

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 18

We're ready.

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 11

the policy clearly depends on who exactly is triggered

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 11

Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats - CBS New York share.google/EKIqo50ugecM...

Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats

Mark Bray said his views have been under attack since he wrote "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Playbook"

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Hannes Rusch @hannesrusch.bsky.social · Oct 9

🚨 WE ARE HIRING! 🚨

Looking for a PhD-student to help us study the damages caused by cybercriminals. 🕵‍♂️⌨️🖥️ 📈

Join our interdisciplinary consortium of cybercrime researchers for your PhD journey!

All information & job details: csl.mpg.de/en/career/

We look forward to your applications! #EconSky

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 7

Wow.

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Lawrence: Trump reveals he’s considering pardoning convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Oct 5

Here's my radical note to bureaucracies providing something of value (e.g., healthcare, insurance, finance). Please test the efficacy of your client communication. Do people understand the information? Do they read it all? Does it avoid useless jargon and prevent error? If not, who are you serving?

Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Sep 29

I once lived in Chicago. The Governor makes me want to go back.
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‘Acting like jack booted thugs’: Gov. JB Pritzker slams Trump’s Chicago military deployment

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Sep 27

If America really does come to an end, this will be a key chapter in the official history.

[gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Opinion | The Comey Indictment Plunges the Country Into a Grave New Period

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Sep 25

Wait. So Amazon has to pay $2.5B for using misleading info to entice customers into signing up for something online, and then making it difficult or confusing to cancel it? Um, hello, most other online businesses... and newspapers!

[gift link] www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/t...

Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Claims It Tricked Prime Customers

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Jeffrey Butts @jeffreybutts.bsky.social · Sep 24

Seeing Bill & Ted's Excellent Beckett this evening.

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