Explore the Becoming A Man (BAM) project at the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Learn about our evidence-based program designed to support at-risk youth through mentorship, life skills, and positive development to reduce violence and improve outcomes.| University of Chicago Crime Lab
What if everything we understood about gun violence was wrong? In 2007, economist Jens Ludwig moved to the South Side of Chicago to research two big questions: Why does gun violence happen, and is there anything we can do about it? Almost two decades later, the answers aren’t what he expected. Unforgiving Places is Ludwig’s revelatory portrait of gun violence in America’s most famously maligned city. Disproving the popular narrative that shootings are the calculated acts of malici...| University of Chicago Press
