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

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

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

What are records? Since 2014, The Marshall Project has been curating some of the best criminal justice reporting from around the web. In these records you will find the most recent and the most ...

Chicago's Pope mania continues with creative memes. Then, is it safe to fly right now? Senator Tammy Duckworth joins FOX 32's Paris Schutz to share her insights. Also, a discussion with Jens Ludwig, ...

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

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 ...

Pritzker Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, and author of “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.” ...

Jens Ludwig, director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, is the author of the forthcoming book “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.” Why has the United ...