According to a Northwestern University report, the efforts in 27 city and eight suburban communities served by the ...

The governor went after the president during an event highlighting research on the impact of community violence intervention ...

The Peacekeeper Program, which trains residents to de-escalate conflicts in high-crime neighborhoods, has led to a 41% ...

A bill that would require immediate notification of a school principal if there is a threat of gun violence has passed the House with an unanimous vote. Rep. C.D. Davidsmeyer, R-Murrayville, sponsored ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other public officials lauded the program after a Northwestern University study ...

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

The Chicago Police Department has used gun buybacks to get thousands of guns off the street, but at least two of them have ...

Leaders from several state-funded anti-violence organizations addressed ongoing efforts to curb gun violence in the Chicago area Thursday. A recent Northwestern University report found a 41% reduction ...

The Chicago Police Department sent the email to Chicago Public School parents overnight ... cut to - "So the level of violence in these incidents is escalating." Superintendent Larry Snelling ...

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

Gov. JB Pritzker, alongside the Chicago Mayor and lawmakers, celebrated four years of continuing reductions in gun violence.