The first rape kits were given to hospitals in 1978. Chicago was the testing ground. According to a Tribune article from the ...

Gregory N. Jackson will serve as an adviser to the University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Community Violence Intervention Leadership Academy. He was deputy director of the White House Office of Gun ...

Police said the woman was unresponsive when they arrived to the scene. She was rushed to University of Chicago Hospital where she died. Relatives told ABC7 the victim, Jamia Taylor, was out ...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been paid in cases involving 3 ex-cops: Jon Burge, Reynaldo Guevara and Ronald Watts. And more than 220 lawsuits are still pending. Beleaguered taxpayers might end ...

Chicago's northernmost neighborhood is one of its most diverse. The area – which encompasses Loyola University ... Once a hot bed for Prohibition-era crime, the South Side has long played ...

Jens Ludwig, of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, argues that frame is a false dichotomy, and offers solutions ranging from urban design to AI-powered social programs. [The Atlantic] Why This ...

Four hairs that were collected from Houchins' body at the crime scene were used to create a partial DNA profile, the sheriff's office said. That profile was ultimately sent to a lab in Virginia ...

MINNEAPOLIS – After a decision was postponed Wednesday, Dec. 6, on the future of the Hennepin County Crime Lab, the phrase, “I hope they’ll save my same seat for next week,” was heard ...

In Chicago, families are preparing for the possibility of being separated by deportations.