2016
Bolstering Belonging in BAM and Beyond: Youth Guidance’s Becoming a Man Program Components, Experiential Processes, and Mechanisms
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Read more about the qualitative evaluation of Youth Guidance’s Becoming a Man program.
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Improving Programming in Juvenile Detention: The Impact of Project Safe Neighborhoods Youth Outreach Forums
This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial of a youth outreach forums program run in the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center (JTDC) by the Northern Illinois Project Safe Neighborhoods Task Force.
Supporting Student Re-Engagement: A Qualitative Exploration of the First Year Implementation of Back to Our Future
This report shares findings on the implementation of Back to Our Future, a state-funded, district-led, evidence-informed effort to re-engage disconnected students at an elevated risk for gun violence involvement.
B2OF Policy Brief: Supporting Youth Safety and Education Re-Engagement
This policy brief outlines the first year of implementation of Back to Our Future (B2OF), a state-funded, district-led, evidence-informed effort to re-engage disconnected students at an elevated risk for gun violence involvement.
Does Administrative Burden Deter Young People? Evidence from Summer Jobs Programs
This research paper examines the impact of administrative burden on the effectiveness of public social programs for young people, specifically summer jobs programs.
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Cities are increasingly embracing violence interventions programs to control deadly violence
Route Fifty covers the Crime Lab’s evaluation of READI Chicago – a violence intervention initiative that provides those most at risk of gun violence with supported job and cognitive-behavioral programming.
How Chicagoans are tackling gun violence
Kim Smith, Director of Programs at the University of Chicago Crime Lab joins WBEZ’s Reset podcast with Sasha-Ann Simons to discuss solutions to gun violence.
Crime, Guns & Solutions: What Are We Doing to Stop the Flow of Guns in Illinois?
Please join Christopher Amon, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Chicago Field Division, Brendan Kelly, Director of the Illinois State Police, and Kim Smith, Director of Programs for the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Education Lab to discuss the source of guns coming into our region, and what can be done to eliminate them from our communities.
