Research
Below is a list of research about violence in Chicago.
Illegal Firearm Possession
A reflection on policies and practices that may miss the mark and exacerbate racial disparity in the justice system. David E. Olson. Duke Center for Firearms Law.
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Communities Partnering for Peace
Gun violence—a key driver of premature death and racial disparities in life expectancy in the US—remains especially damaging to Chicagoans, who face consistently higher per capita rates of gun violence than residents of other large US cities. Corners.
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Evaluating the impact of a street outreach intervention on participant involvement in gun violence
Community violence interventions (CVIs) are promising approaches to reducing community violence, but little research has examined their effectiveness for mitigating individual-level violence. This quasiexperimental study provides evidence for the impact of CVIs on participant involvement in gun violence across three treatment levels. Ross, Ochoa, and Papachristos. Proceedings of the National Academies of Science
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The Media Accountability Project: Race and Media Depictions of Gun Violence
To better understand the way that media representations of shootings are influenced by race and place, Community Justice partnered with researchers at Northwestern University and the Center for Neighborhood Engaged Research and Science (CORNERS) to collect large portions of the U.S. media landscape on gun violence
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