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The Geography of Fear: Policing a Segregated Chicago

by Jamie Kalven February 24, 2022February 24, 2022

hicagoans are on edge. Two years into the pandemic and emerging from a year in which there were 836 homicides in the city, civic morale is sinking. While multiple factors are no doubt in play, fear of violent crime tops the list. According to a recent poll conducted by the Chicago Index (a collaboration between […]

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Op-Ed: U of C Doesn’t Need More Policing to Reduce Crime

by Durrell Malik Washington Sr., Brianna Suslovic and Samantha Guz November 23, 2021November 24, 2021
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