
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Criminal Offending Examining the Efficacy and Potential Impact
In this issue brief, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research covers several Crime Lab evaluations of CBT interventions.

Webinar: Untapped Levers for Reducing Gun Violence – The Impact of Behavioral Science Programs
Learn more about our study of Choose to Change® and other behavioral science interventions.

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

Reimagining Justice at Justice: Investing in Communities as Co-Producers of Public Safety
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.
Latest Updates
Editorial: A recognition that good policing starts from the top
The Crain’s Editorial Board highlights a $15 million gift from the Sue Ling Gin Foundation to support the Crime Lab in adapting its Policing Leadership Academy to provide management training to the Chicago Police Department’s leadership ranks.

Jens Ludwig: The unforgiving origins of Chicago gun violence
Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence,” to be published April 21 by the University of Chicago Press. In this exclusive, lightly edited extract from Chapter One, Ludwig explores what caused three lives of young Chicagoans to change forever.

Chicago’s biz elite makes a $15M bet that management training will improve policing
Crain’s John Pletz reports on a $15 million gift from the Sue Ling Gin Foundation aimed at supporting the Chicago Police Department in partnering with the University of Chicago Crime Lab to provide additional training to police supervisors.
