John Jones, Fayetteville's first Office of Community Safety director, sat down with the Observer to talk about his goals for ...

Youth organizers expressed gratitude for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago alderpersons who listened to young people.

The City Council failed to override Mayor Johnson’s veto of an ordinance allowing for temporary curfews for teens on Wednesday.

Amid a holiday crime spike in Jackson, residents say the violence isn’t everywhere — just in certain parts of the city.

Bay Area youth violence prevention groups see younger crowds, social media concerns Youth-based violence occurs when people between the ages of 10 to 24 intentionally use physical force or power ...

Students at East Chicago Central High School attend Project Outreach Prevention's Peace, Love & Unity tour Thursday, April 30, in celebration of National Youth Violence Prevention Week.

It’s treating gun violence as intentional, deliberate behavior. Most gun violence is not so calculated. Take a more-or-less randomly selected example I pulled from the Chicago Tribune from June 2, ...

Chicago middle schooler wins writing contest, headed to national summit Lee used real experiences growing up in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood to write her essay.

This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago A violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with other support to keep high-risk teens out of jail.

In response to a pattern of large teen gatherings downtown, the Chicago Police Department is urging parents to help keep youth safe as warmer weather returns.

In Chicago, cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise curbing youth violence By Meg Anderson Published February 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM PST Listen • 4:18 ...

How It Came Together The program, which is spearheaded by nonprofits Youth Advocate Programs and Brightpoint, was born from a 2015 design program launched by UChicago’s Crime Lab to crowdsource youth ...