Nov 2023

Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Leadership Academy Spotlight

Watch violence prevention experts speak to the significance of our CVI Leadership Academy in this short video.

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Reimagining Justice at Justice: Investing in Communities as Co-Producers of Public Safety

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Improv and the Policing Leadership Academy
Podcast
The Second City
Mar 2025

Improv and the Policing Leadership Academy

Kelly Leonard, host of the Getting to Yes, And Podcast, speaks with the Crime Lab’s Dr. Sandy Jo MacArthur and Dr. Luann Pannell and Second City’s Tyler Dean Kempf about a partnership that is bringing improvisation into the Policing Leadership Academy.

Jens Ludwig — Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
Event
Politics and Prose Bookstore
May 2025

Jens Ludwig — Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence

Join Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig for a book talk and signing at Politics and Prose Bookstore at Union Market in Washington, DC for his upcoming book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.”

Jens Ludwig and Chief Bill Scott: The Unexpected Origins of Gun Violence
Event
Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California
Apr 2025

Jens Ludwig and Chief Bill Scott: The Unexpected Origins of Gun Violence

Join Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig for a book talk and signing at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA for his upcoming book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.”