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Andrew V. Papachristos: Targeted violence prevention is working in Chicago. Workers need to reach more people.
There are a lot of strategies to reduce gun violence, but one of the most innovative and straightforward is underway right here in Chicago. Essentially, it comes down to this:...
Andrew Papachristos, Jamie Kalven and Rajiv Sinclair: Early detection of corrupt police may stop the next Watts crew
Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts and a group of more than 10 officers terrorized residents of the Ida B. Wells public housing complex for over a decade, operating more like...
Op-ed: What we know (and don’t know) about street outreach and gun violence prevention
Every day nearly 250 men and women walk Chicago's streets unarmed and actively reaching out to those involved in gun violence to try and calm disputes and make connections to...
'More Here': A Tribute to Gang-Research Legend James F. Short, Jr.
As a young sociologist, Short designed and implemented the Youth Studies Project, one of the most impressive studies of his kind. And his interest in Chicago gangs stuck with him...
CPD’s crucial choice: Treat its list as offenders or as potential victims?
What if someone you knew had a 16 percent chance of being shot? Would you tell him or her? That 16 percent, by the way, is roughly the same odds...
Chicago is safer now, but you can’t tell
Thirty years ago, the tragic murder of 17-year-old basketball phenom Benji Wilson shocked Chicago and drew the nation's gaze to the city's depressingly high level of gun violence. Last year's...