SJ Quinney College of Law, University of Utah Utah Law Digital Commons Utah Law Faculty Scholarship Utah Law Scholarship 3-2018 What Caused the 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike? An Empirical Examination of the 'ACLU Effect' and the Role of Stop and Frisks in Preventing Gun Violence Paul Cassell S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah,
[email protected] Richard Fowles Department of Economics, University of Utah Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.law.utah.edu/scholarship Part of the Criminal Law Commons, Criminal Procedure Commons, Fourth Amendment Commons, and the Human Rights Law Commons Recommended Citation Cassell, Paul and Fowles, Richard, "What Caused the 2016 Chicago Homicide Spike? An Empirical Examination of the 'ACLU Effect' and the Role of Stop and Frisks in Preventing Gun Violence" (2018). Utah Law Faculty Scholarship. 95. https://dc.law.utah.edu/scholarship/95 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Utah Law Scholarship at Utah Law Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Utah Law Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Utah Law Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DRAFT OF APRIL 2, 2018 WHAT CAUSED THE 2016 CHICAGO HOMICIDE SPIKE? AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF THE “ACLU EFFECT” AND THE ROLE OF STOP AND FRISKS IN PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE Paul G. Cassell & Richard Fowles ABSTRACT Homicides increased dramatically in Chicago in 2016. In 2015, 480 Chicago residents were killed. The next year, 754 were killed–274 more homicide victims, tragically producing an extraordinary 58% increase in a single year.