Statistics from Chicago Police show shootings are down, and research from Northwestern University​ indicates that violence ...

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

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 ...

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

A new study used acoustic sensors that detect the sound of gunfire to show how often children in one Chicago neighborhood ... federal definitions of school gun violence to include indirect forms ...

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

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

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 ...

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

JB Pritzker lambasted the Trump administration Thursday for eliminating or threatening to end a range of anti-violence programs, saying “public ... in reducing gun violence in Chicago and ...

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