Molly Slothower

Background

About Molly Slothower

Molly Slothower is the Executive Director of Research Innovation at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, focusing on evidence-based and community-based violence prevention. Research Innovation focuses on developing solutions that combine therapeutic and precision data-driven solutions with the insights of justice practitioners and justice-involved people. Specific projects have included effective pretrial supportive programming, precision targeting of services, and the development of Atlas, a City initiative to deliver high rates of voluntary engagement in high-quality therapeutic anti-violence services. Prior to coming to MOCJ, Molly was a researcher, educator, and project manager for the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology, leading research on police-led pre-court diversion, victim perceptions of supportive services, and precision crime prevention. She also served as a project manager for randomized controlled research testing therapeutic supports to reduce violence and justice involvement for gang-involved youth in Philadelphia. She received her PhD and MA in Criminology from the University of Maryland.