The Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago: A Research-Based Reorientation of Violence Prevention and Intervention Policy January 2019 Great Cities Institute University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Institute (MC 107), 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7067 Phone (312) 996-8700 • Fax (312) 996-8933 • greatcities.uic.edu •
[email protected] The Fracturing of Gangs and Violence in Chicago: A Research-Based Reorientation of Violence Prevention and Intervention Policy January 2019 Publisher Great Cities Institute University of Illinois at Chicago 412 South Peoria Street, Suite 400 (MC 107) Chicago, Illinois 60607-7067 (312) 996-8700 –
[email protected] greatcities.uic.edu Authors John Hagedorn, Ph.D. James J. Stukel Fellow, Great Cities Institute Professor (Retired), Criminology, Law and Justice University of Illinois at Chicago
[email protected] Roberto Aspholm, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
[email protected] Teresa Córdova, Ph.D. Director, Great Cities Institute Professor, Urban Planning and Policy University of Illinois at Chicago
[email protected] Andrew Papachristos, Ph.D. Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research Professor, Sociology Northwestern University
[email protected] Lance Williams, Ph.D. Professor, Urban Community Studies Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Urban Community Studies Northeastern Illinois University
[email protected] Acknowledgements Special thanks to participants in the May 2018 GCI conference on homicide, to Ava Meux, Andrea Angulo, and Christiana Kinder for their assistance with the conference, and to Katherine Faydash and Jackson Morsey for their assistance with this document. v3.0 Table of Contents i Conference Summary 1 Introduction 1 Conference Conclusions 3 Conference Report 16 Summary and Unanswered Questions 18 Selected References 19 Author Bios Conference Summary The nature of gang violence in Chicago has been changing, but policies and practices toward it have not.