In his new book, University of Chicago Crime lab director Jens Ludwig says most conventional wisdom about what causes shootings is wrong. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share America has a ...

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The lab, University of Illinois Chicago Analytical Forensic Testing Laboratory, is accused of providing flawed test results in cases of driving-under the influence of marijuana, many of them ...

Editor’s note: Regular Tribune Opinion contributor Jens Ludwig, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, has a new book, “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of ...

12% is a lot of people," said Roseanna Ander with the University of Chicago Crime Lab. "That means families that are not grieving the loss of a loved one and the huge ripple effect that those ...

according to the University of Chicago Crime Lab. "Black Chicagoans are 20 times more likely than their white counterparts to be killed by a gun or to be a victim of a homicide. So, we often hear ...

It’s a subject Ludwig has been researching for years as the director of the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab. It’s one of the key findings of his new book, “Unforgiving Places ...

An analysis by the University of Chicago Crime Lab found officers were not being deployed to areas with the most shootings, the Chicago Tribune reported. And during former Mayor Rahm Emanuel's ...