Jeremy Travis

Jeremy Travis (born July 31, 1948)[1] has been the fourth president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice since August 16, 2004. He is also the chair of the Committee on Law and Justice of the National Research Council.

Education

Travis received his B.A. cum laude in American studies from Yale College in 1970, his M.P.A. from New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in 1977, and his J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1982.[2]

Career

Travis served as a special advisor to then-mayor of New York City Edward Koch from 1986 to 1989, and as deputy commissioner in the New York City Police Department from 1990 to 1994. He was the director of the National Institute of Justice from 1994 to 2000. From 2000, until becoming president of John Jay College in 2004, he was a senior fellow at the Justice Policy Center.[2]

Research interests

Travis' research interests include the reintegration of released prisoners into society, a subject about which he wrote a book, "But They All Come Back," which was published in 2005.[3] While at the National Institute of Justice, he established large government initiatives to assess crime trends, improve the accuracy of forensic science, and evaluate the effectiveness of federal anti-crime efforts.[4] In 2014, the National Research Council released a report on incarceration in the United States co-edited by Travis, Steve Redburn, and Bruce Western, which found only a slight relationship between incarceration and lower crime rates.[5]

Honors and awards

Travis has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the American Society of Criminology’s August Vollmer Award, the Gerhard O.W. Muller Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and the Margaret Mead Award from the International Community Corrections Association.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeremy Travis". Library of Congress. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Jeremy Travis CV" (PDF). Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Finn, Robin (30 September 2004). "A Crime Fighter Who Has Never Carried a Gun". New York Times. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 "President's Biography". John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Carrie (12 September 2014). "20 Years Later, Parts Of Major Crime Bill Viewed As Terrible Mistake". NPR. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
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