Crime Lab

Closing the Math Gap for Boys

Report by UChicago Urban Education Lab, Crime Lab shows Match program reduces math course failures by more than 50 percent


For Better Crime Prevention, a Dose of Science

Editorial describes work of UChicago Crime Lab, success of Becoming a Man initiative and goals of Crime Lab New York


Not All the Chicago Crime News Last Year Was Bad

Article cites UChicago Crime Lab’s Becoming A Man initiative, which dropped violent crime arrests among members by 44 percent


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


Chicago gave hundreds of high-risk kids a summer job. Violent crime arrests plummeted.

Article cites Crime Lab research, which finds summer job programs reduced violent crimes arrests among participants by 43 percent


Summer jobs for disadvantaged kids tied with drop in violent crimes; mentoring may be the key

Article cites Crime Lab research, which finds summer job programs reduced violent crimes arrests among participants by 43 percent


Associated Press