Sep 2023
BFI Research Brief: A Cognitive View of Policing
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Read the research brief published by the Becker Friedman Institute (BFI) for Economics at the University of Chicago.
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NBER Working Paper: A Cognitive View of Policing
Read the working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Transforming Research on Policing Reform
Overview of the research methodology for the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) partnership.
Latest Updates
Kelly Leonard: How improv can help police do their job
Kelly Leonard joins WGN’s John Williams to discuss The Second City’s partnership with the Crime Lab’s Policing Leadership Academy that’s using improv to help officers improve their communication skills.
Novel approaches can chip away at gun violence, and make a big difference
In an op-ed for the Chicago Sun-Times, Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig argues that when it comes to gun violence, we’ve been focused on the wrong solutions – a key insight from his new book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.”
New book challenges conventional wisdom on Chicago shootings
Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig joins WGN’s Mike Lowe for an interview to discuss his new book “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence,” and how the book challenges our conventional wisdom about why shootings occur and how we can make progress on gun violence.
