The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

There are helpful things to do that don’t require lots of money or a big political fight, writes Jens Ludwig, director of the ...

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Police Supt. Larry Snelling said the innovative training program will "make for a much more effective police officer, and ...

according to a new study published Monday through the University of Chicago Crime Lab. The study, which examined 10 years of Chicago Police Department data as part of implementing the federal ...

Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, ...

University of Chicago Crime Lab director outlines resource-efficient strategies to enhance public safety.

In the book, you describe the limits of conventional approaches to reducing gun violence. From the left, the strategy has ...

Bundesen suggested establishing the lab independently of the Chicago Police Department, perhaps at the nearby Northwestern University School of Law. With support from the law school dean, John Henry ...

Citing a groundbreaking study at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, authorities said 58% of the 1,375 guns recovered in crimes in Chicago were bought in Illinois. About 45% came from Cook… ...

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