Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in ...

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab, has a new book arguing that almost all conventional wisdom ...

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

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

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

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… ...

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 ...

Roseanna Ander is the Executive Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Jens Ludwig is the McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy at the ...

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