The New York State Youth Justice Institute strives to build and strengthen the capacity of localities around New York State to adopt evidence-informed youth justice practices. We do so by disseminating information, assisting with implementation and assessing efficacy in existing youth justice programs, and by conducting cutting-edge research to advance the science and practice of evidence-based initiatives.

We aim to become the premier resource for evidence-based policy and practice nationally and beyond. To that end, we:

• Serve as an information hub for stakeholders;
• Cultivate and support practitioners’ commitment to evidence-based practices;
• Develop a prolific and ever-growing network of research expertise;
• Foster and sustain synergy among stakeholders;
• Leverage current public investment to attract external funding that will enable the Institute to grow.

• School of Criminal Justice, University at Albany
• New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services
• New York State Office of Children and Family Services

David Howard King
Assistant Director of Communications
[email protected]

David Howard King is the Assistant Communications Director for the New York State Youth Justice Institute. King spent over 15 years as a journalist reporting on criminal justice reform, youth justice, government corruption & transparency, housing, and the arts. King has written for The Daily Beast, The Times Union, Shelterforce, Popular Science, Decibel, Revolver, and the Manhattan-based Gotham Gazette, where he served as State Government Editor for 8 years.  

In 2012, he served as the New York State reporter for The State Integrity Investigation, a partnership between the Center for Public Integrity, Global Integrity, and Public Radio International that analyzed each state’s risk for corruption. In 2016, King founded The Alt Weekly and later The Collaborative Magazine with the backing of Proctor’s Theatre.  

Before joining the Institute, King served as Director of Communications and Chief Public Information Officer for the Offices of the New York State Inspector General.

King received his BA in English from the State University of New York at Albany. 

Interested in joining the YJI Team as a Scholar in our internship program? Please fill out this Google Form and send your Resume and Writing Sample to [email protected]. If you have any questions, please review our FAQs or email us at [email protected].

Jee Won Ryu                                                                                                 
Ph.D. Student 
School of Criminal Justice

Zhuoning Wu
MA Student
School of Criminal Justice/Department of Psychology

Interested in joining the YJI Team as a Scholar in our internship program? Please fill out this Form and send your Resume and Writing Sample to [email protected]. If you have any questions, please review our FAQ or email us at [email protected].