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This edition: Youth & Crime

Episode Details

Original tape date: January 26, 1996.

Host, David R. Jones, President of the Community Service Society of New York, discusses youth crime in New York City. Mr. Jones sits down with Eric Brettscheider, director of Agenda for Children Tomorrow, and Ellen Schall, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice. The three discuss why crime rates are supposedly decreasing yet there has been a spike in juvenile crimes.

Guest List

Eric Brettsheider Director, Agenda for Children Tomorrow

David R. Jones President & CEO, Community Service Society of New York

Prof. Ellen Schall Esq. Professor, NYU Wagner School

  • About this series

  • The Urban Agenda, no longer in production, was a monthly television series about real life and real issues in New York City, for all New Yorkers. Here at CUNY TV's website, however, you may still join Community Service Society’s President, David R. Jones, for an in-depth examination of issues and institutions that impact all New Yorkers. Hear what elected officials, advocates and concerned New Yorkers have to say about issues that every New Yorker should know about!

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