Jan 2024

Working Paper: Targeted Interventions for High-Risk Domestic Violence Victims

This working paper shows that targeted interventions can lower the likelihood of homicide for high-risk domestic violence victims.

 

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Latest Updates

Cities are increasingly embracing violence interventions programs to control deadly violence
Media Mention
Route Fifty
Sep 2024

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
Podcast
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons
Aug 2024

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?
Event
City Club of Chicago
Sep 2024

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.