Philly gun violence interrupter Mazzie Casher has historic yet modern solutions to the problems of crime and poverty ...

Violence prevention programs, particularly community-based interventions, can significantly reduce homicides and shootings in ...

People blame gun violence on different things depending ... LUDWIG: Which is a huge reduction. MA: Strategy two - help change people's environments. And this can be illustrated by a study Jens ...

A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

I’ve long believed that increasing the sentence for homicide can’t cut the murder rate because 90% of people who kill do so ...

Criminologists distinguish between instrumental violence (shooting a bank guard to facilitate a robbery) and expressive violence (expressing my rage or jealousy with fists or pistol). Almost all ...

This story is part of an ongoing series on youth justice. Part 1: An outlier in youth incarceration. Part 2: Reforms promised ...

While gun violence is down in Philadelphia, advocates say there are still too many children being caught in the crossfire.

In neighborhoods across Philadelphia, residents are growing increasingly frustrated and fearful as gun violence continues to ...

Philadelphia marks Gun Violence Awareness Month, highlighting JWAT's role in reducing gun-related incidents, and emphasizing ...

Philadelphia is standing against gun violence on Tuesday with two events, one week after the fatal Lemon Hill mass shooting.

Philadelphia's Office of Safe Neighborhoods launched Gun Violence Awareness Month, highlighting JWAT's role in tackling crime.