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Another Path: Can school-based gang prevention programs show youth a way out?

May 8th, 2014 - Cheryl Healy

An evaluation of the G.R.E.A.T. program, implemented as a school-based response to gang activity among youths, finds that students enrolled in the program are less likely than their peers to join gangs or have negative attitudes towards the police. More »

Will Increasing Illegal Immigration Enforcement Reduce Crime In Your Neighborhood?

March 31st, 2014 - Karla McLean

New research determines the link between illegal immigration and crime while examining the results of immigration enforcement policy on crime rates in Prince William County, Virginia. More »

America’s Prisons: Warehouses or Criminal Creators?

August 20th, 2013 - David Spearman

A study of Cook County Courts seeks to pinpoint the true effects of imprisonment on employment and recidivism. More »