Curfews are ineffective at reducing violence. Data from 2021 shows curfew citations among teens have decreased, while incidents stemming from mental health issues have increased.

CHICAGO (CBS) – A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing. CBS 2's Joe Donlon introduced us to one ...

The numbers of carjackings, shootings and homicides have risen in Chicago, leaving residents on edge and prompting city officials to generate new solutions to tackle the city's violence epidemic ...

Chicago leaders have no real plan to deal with youth violence downtown ... downtown’s problems with unexpected group violence hadn’t gotten any better.

Gun violence, bullying and poverty are the biggest social problems facing Chicago’s youth, according to parents surveyed by Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Chicago ...

In 2006 we saw our lowest decrease in violence in Chicago – almost down by 40 percent. That’s a 40 percent decrease over the last 10 years. Yes, there has been a recent uptick.

A new study by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, in partnership with the Chicago Public Schools and local nonprofits Youth Guidance and World Sport Chicago, provides rigorous scientific evidence ...

The last few years have not been easy for Black and Latinx Chicago youth. School closings, police violence, the COVID-19 pandemic and continued divestment of neighborhoods have only compounded ...

If we want to truly address Chicago’s violence, we need to look at what we as a city have done, not just this year or last year, but what we did 10, 20, and 30 years ago.

Because gender-based violence survivors’ problems are not seen as “community issues,” they are treated like ... 2024. (Vincent Alban/Chicago Tribune) By Sheerine ... youth violence, ...

According to a recent report, a statewide domestic violence hotline received more than 30,000 calls in 2021. The number of domestic-related murders and shootings in Chicago increased nearly two ...

ABC7 takes in-depth look at gun violence in Chicago, suburbs in 2 half-hour specials . Val Warner, Ryan Chiaverini host the specials airing Friday, Aug. 5 at 11:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on ABC7 ...