May 2022
Technical Appendix: Is electronic monitoring contributing to gun violence?
This supplementary technical appendix complements the op-ed titled “Is electronic monitoring contributing to gun violence?,” written by Jens Ludwig and Ashna Arora. Due to limitations in space in the article, numerous details and sensitivity analyses were excluded from the published version. These additional details are provided here for a more comprehensive understanding of the topic.
Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig authored a book that argues 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.
Local Gun Violence Dashboards
Chicago’s Violence Reduction Dashboard, launched by the Crime Lab in 2021, is featured in a toolkit created by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund as a part of its Gun Violence Data Fellowship.
Valuing the benefits of reducing firearm violence in the United States
This paper estimates the monetized value of the impact of reducing firearm violence and how that value is distributed across the population.
IL Office of Firearm Violence Prevention
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.
Latest Updates
Ashna Arora and Jens Ludwig: Is electronic monitoring contributing to gun violence? Here’s a look at the data.
Crime Lab Pritzker Director Jens Ludwig and Research Director Ashna Arora provide a deep-dive on electronic monitoring data and gun violence in this piece.
The Crime Lab’s research on individuals under electronic monitoring and gun violence is cited in the Intercept
Crime Lab research indicates that it is unlikely that individuals under electronic monitoring are contributing to Chicago’s rise in gun violence, a finding highlighted by Van Brunt who criticized provisions that make societal reentry challenging and family support harder without any social science basis, arguing they ultimately counteract their intended purpose.
Founding Executive Director Roseanna Ander discusses the patterns of gun violence in Chicago with the New York Times
Founding Executive Director Roseanna Ander discusses the patterns of gun violence in Chicago. Ander describes a vicious cycle in which violence leads to economic disinvestment, as businesses and residents avoid violent neighborhoods, and governments redirect resources away from areas perceived as lost causes. This disinvestment, in turn, can further fuel the violence, perpetuating the cycle.
