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Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) Chicago

Project

Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) Chicago

READI Chicago is a gun violence reduction initiative that provides almost two years of intensive programming to men at the highest risk of shooting or being shot.

Jan 2017 Community Violence Intervention

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The Crime Lab designs, tests, and scales data-driven innovations to improve the public sector’s response to the dual challenges of America’s gun violence crisis and a criminal justice system that is not truly just. Below find broad categories of our work.

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Learn more about all of our projects at the Crime Lab.

Choose to Change (C2C)
Project

Choose to Change (C2C)

Choose to Change (C2C) is a collaboration between two local Chicago nonprofits that aims to reduce youth violence while improving educational outcomes outside of an institutional setting.

Situational Decision-Making (Sit-D)
Project

Situational Decision-Making (Sit-D)

The Crime Lab and the Chicago Police Department (CPD) partnered to create and evaluate a behavioral science-informed training that helps improve officer decision-making in ambiguous, high-stress situations.