Crime Lab

Tutoring & Mentoring Show Significant Results for High School Students

President Obama highlights 'Becoming a Man,' a mentoring program that the UChicago Crime Lab has studied extensively


Crime Lab makes impact for Chicago youth

New $1 million MacArthur award supports evidence-based efforts to reduce violence.


Jann Ingmire

UChicago Crime Lab awarded $1 million

Crime Lab plans to use MacArthur Foundation's award to pursue 'promising' urban policy projects


The real cost of gun crimes

Crime Lab Director Jens Ludwig argues that proposed law to enact minimum sentences for gun possession would decrease local crime's 'social costs'