Resources

Watch a video of reflections from graduations of the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy’s second cohort.

In this issue brief, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research covers several Crime Lab evaluations of CBT interventions.

Learn more about our study of Choose to Change® and other behavioral science interventions.

Learn more about our Community Safety Leadership Academies.

Learn more about our Community Safety Leadership Academies.

This program guide is intended for community-based organizations working to fill gaps in services and reach an underserved population of youth impacted by violence and trauma.

This policy brief highlights results from a large-scale randomized controlled trial that evaluated the impact of Choose to Change® (C2C®) on participants’ criminal justice involvement.

This working paper details results from a study of Choose to Change® (C2C®), a trauma-informed cognitive behavioral therapy and intensive mentoring program developed by nonprofits Brightpoint and Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP).

View the presentation and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) from the CVI Leadership Academy information session held on August 14, 2024.

Research by the University of Chicago Crime Lab on community investment as a strategy for promoting public safety is highlighted in this paper published by The Square One Project.

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.

Hear from a select group of PLA graduates on their experience with the academy.

Watch Dr. Chico Tillmon, Executive Director of the Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy, deliver his remarks to the Democratic Platform Committee at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 2024.

The University of Chicago Crime Lab has partnered with the Illinois Office of Firearm Violence Prevention (OFVP) in support of the OFVP’s goal to use data to focus resources. The Crime Lab prepared the following interactive map to support the RPSA Youth Development Services grantmaking process.

This case study from the National League of Cities (NLC) highlights the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI Chicago) and cites the Crime Lab’s analysis showing a 79 percent reduction in READI participants’ shooting or homicide arrests.

United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a landmark advisory declaring firearm violence in America to be a public health crisis with devastating and far-reaching consequences for the nation’s health and well-being.