With high-tech help, there's been less bloodshed in Chicago this year, but results are mixed on the West Side
<p>Prof. Jens Ludwig, director of UChicago Crime Lab, discusses violence on the West Side of Chicago</p>
How a Chicago Summer Job Program Reduced Violent Crime
Article cites UChicago Crime Lab research, which finds that summer job programs reduced violent crimes arrests by 43 percent
Community Prosecutions Credited With Drops In Crime
Prof. Thomas Miles discusses the effectiveness of community prosecution in neighborhoods for driving down violent crime rates
Chicago sees progress, but kids still caught in crossfire
Prof. Harold Pollack comments on ongoing violence, as city faces summertime rise in crime
U.S. News & World Report
How thinking about thinking reduces crime
Prof. Harold Pollack examines how changing behavior decreases arrests for at-risk teens
Mother Jones
Chicagoans trapped between heat and crime
Prof. Jens Ludwig says violence concentrated in low-income areas without air conditioning
CBS Evening News
Alum marshals data to fight Chicago crime
As CPD’s Chief Data Officer, Brett Goldstein, SM’05, uses predictive analysis to find trouble spots.
University of Chicago Magazine
Elizabeth Flock