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NOTE: There are so many stories in the media featuring John
Jay professors that we are trying to send this newsletter out more
frequently. Please find below stories from the first half of March.
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MULTIMEDIA
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Meredith Dank, an
expert on human trafficking and a John Jay research professor, spoke to
NPR about human trafficking in light of New England Patriots owner Robert
Kraft's arrest for solicitation of a prostitute at an illegal massage
parlor.
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The NY1 News "In
the Papers" segment featured a NY Daily News article citing John
Jay's Data Collaborative for Justice study on the decline of city public
school suspensions (at the 6:32 mark).
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Miguel Ruiz, a
John Jay student, speaks about his experience in the foster care system
and his desire to mentor foster youth as they transition to independent
living to NY1's "Inside City Hall".
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Jodie Roure, an
Associate Professor of Latin American Studies at John Jay, speaks to Fox
News at 5 about the US women’s soccer team lawsuit for equal pay (0:12
mark).
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ABC7 Eyewitness News •
03/11/2019
Lucy Lang,
Executive Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John
Jay, speaks about Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez’s Justice 2020
Initiative to reduce mass incarceration (at 2:08 mark).
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Professor Eugene
O'Donnell was quoted on NY1 News about Brooklyn District Attorney Eric
Gonzalez's Justice 2020 initiative (at 1:11 mark).
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John Jay
Professor Evan Mandery's op-ed in the NY Daily News about legacy
admissions in light of the Operation Varsity Blues scandal was mentioned
in the NY1 news segment “In the Papers” (at 0:28 mark).
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CBS Evening News •
03/14/2019
David M. Shapiro,
lecturer at John Jay College and former special agent and assistant legal
advisor for the FBI spoke about the murder of Francesco Cali to CBS News
and how the mob makes money (at the 1:10 & 1:48 marks).
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Inside Edition •
03/14/2019
John Jay
Professor Thomas Hyland talks to Inside Edition about the murder of Frank
Cali, Gambino mob boss, gunned down in Staten Island gangland hit (at
0:59 mark).
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ABC7 Eyewitness News •
03/15/2019
John Jay
Professor Thomas Hyland talks to ABC7 Eyewitness News about the murder of
Frank Cali, the Gambino mob boss, who was gunned down in front his Staten
Island home (at 1:28 and 2:38 marks).
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New York Post •
01/8/2019
Simon Baatz, a
John Jay history professor, authored “The Girl on the Velvet Swing: Sex,
Murder, and Madness at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century,” which was
cited several times in a NY Post article.
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Leinster Express •
03/13/2019
President
Karol V. Mason and The McCabe Foundation welcomed NYPD Police
Commissioner James O’Neill, Ireland Minister for Justice and Equality
Charlie Flanagan and others to honor two officers Sergeant Declan J. Egan
and Garda Edward Henderson.
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Gloria
Browne-Marshall, a John Jay Professor of Constitutional Law spoke about
the impact of the Surviving R. Kelly documentary and the charges against
Jussie Smollet on the black community.
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The Times of Israel •
03/3/2019
Ben Lapidus, a
John Jay Professor of Art and Music, spoke about the popularity and reach
of mambo music and dance in the Jewish community.
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The Washington Post •
03/4/2019
Professor Eugene
O’Donnell, a use-of-force expert at John Jay, spoke about the New York
City Police Department’s shooting policies.
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New York Post •
03/5/2019
John Jay's Data
Collaborative for Justice report highlighting the racial disparities in
school suspensions was cited in a New York Post article about the lack of
learning in disruptive classrooms.
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Criminologist and
John Jay professor Henry Pontell spoke to Newsweek about former Trump
campaign manager Paul Manafort's prison sentence.
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Houston Chronicle •
03/7/2019
Maki Haberfeld,
Professor of Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in
New York City, spoke about demotions within police departments to the
Houston Chronicle.
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New York Post •
03/7/2019
John Jay's Data
Collaborative for Justice report highlighting the racial disparities in
school suspensions was cited in a New York Post article about chaos in
the classroom.
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New York Post •
03/8/2019
John Jay's Data
Collaborative for Justice report highlighting the drop in school
suspensions was cited in a New York Post article on the lack of school
disciplinary policies.
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New York Post •
03/9/2019
John Jay
Professor Joe Giacalone spoke about the large drop in NYC homicides over
the past 28 years in an NY Post article about the sudden uptick in
homicides.
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Associated Press •
03/10/2019
Eugene O’Donnell,
a former New York City police officer, prosecutor and a policing expert
at John Jay spoke about racial profiling in law enforcement.
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Mangai Natarajan,
a John Jay Professor of Criminal Justice, spoke on acids attacks and how
Great Britain could regulate corrosive liquids in light of the horrific
acid attack against a child.
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SecurityUser.com •
03/12/2019
Eric Piza, a John
Jay Professor of Criminal Justice, will speak at a conference in Sweden
about camera surveillance and the right to privacy.
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NY Daily News •
03/12/2019
Professor Evan
Mandery wrote an op-ed in the New York Daily News about legacy admissions
in light of the Operation Varsity Blues scandal.
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NorthJersey.com •
03/13/2019
Daniel L.
Feldman, a John Jay Professor of Public Management, spoke about how NJ
Governor Phil Murphy's proposal to raise taxes and fees on guns could reduce
gun violence.
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TwinCities.com •
03/13/2019
Valerie Castile,
mother of Philando Castile and Ramsay County prosecutor John Choi spoke
about their involvement in the working group with the Institute for
Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay, which helped create a step-by-step
toolkit for prosecutors to reduce officer-involved fatalities.
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Jason Silva, an
adjunct professor at John Jay spoke to NBC News about the media coverage
of mass-shooters and bombers in light of the New Zealand mosque
shootings.
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The Wall Street Journal
• 03/15/2019
David Shapiro,
Professor and Coordinator of the Fraud Examination and Financial
Forensics program at John Jay, discussed the evolution of organized crime
in light of the murder of mob boss Francesco Cali.
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Crookston Times •
03/15/2019
Data from John
Jay’s Center on Media, Crime & Justice’s two day conference on Cash
Register Justice Event and The Crime Report was cited in a Crookston
Times op-ed.
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