Prof. Adam Chilton has been appointed dean of the University of Chicago Law School, effective July 1, President Paul ...

For decades, conservatives and liberals have fiercely debated what drives the nation’s gun violence epidemic. But a new book ...

Democrats want government to invest in crime prevention because they’re worried we have too many people behind bars; ...

University of Chicago behavioral economist Jens Ludwig says social intervention is an important factor in reducing violence ...

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, is the author of the forthcoming book “Unforgiving Places: The ...

Conventional wisdom about violence is wrong, Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, says in ...

The recent show of force in Streeterville might serve as a metaphor for the state of the current response to Chicago’s crime ...

A judge ruled that prosecutors can seek the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger, a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022. Mark Carney is about to snatch defeat from ...

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series called Inside the Lab, which gives audiences a first-hand look at the research laboratories at the University of Chicago and the scholars who are tackling some ...

A Pennsylvania man has been charged with raping and assaulting an undergraduate in her University of Delaware dorm room earlier this year. After months of investigation, Cezanne S. Hoag ...

Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and author of the just published book Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of ...