Urban Violence in the U.S. Part 1

Over the past quarter century violent crime in the United States has fallen dramatically, but gun deaths are the highest they’ve been in 40 years, and few know that more than the people in Chicago. In 2018, there were 590 homicides there, the majority of them from guns, and this year is on track to surpass that horrifying number. So, what has created this and what can be done to stop and reverse this awful trend? For this we turn to Roseanna Ander, the Founding Executive Director of The University of Chicago’s Crime Lab and Education Lab.

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