Crime Lab affiliate Megan Kang highlights the importance of addressing gun violence through meaningful conversations with gun owners, focusing on their perspectives and values to develop more effective and inclusive solutions.

Crime in Context, Locally and Nationally

Op-Ed

Jan 2025

Crime in Context, Locally and Nationally

Crime Lab affiliate Aaron Chalfin examines nationwide declines in murders, explores shifting crime dynamics, and underscores the importance of data-driven strategies and interventions to improve public safety.

Unforgiving Places: The Behavioral Science of Ending Gun Violence

Event

University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Feb 2025

Unforgiving Places: The Behavioral Science of Ending Gun Violence

In this talk hosted by Chicago Booth’s Think Better Speaker Series, Jens Ludwig will argue that the lack of progress in reducing gun violence ultimately stems from our having misunderstood the nature of the problem, and that behavioral science gives us a new way to understand – and solve – gun violence in America.