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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 ...

The Streeterville case study was on my mind this week as I read a new book by Jens Ludwig, co-founder of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. “Unforgiving Places,” which the Tribune excerpted ...

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

Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago, Pritzker Director ...

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Roseanna Ander is the Executive Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Jens Ludwig is the McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy at the ...