The author(s) shown below used Federal funds provided by the U.S. Department of Justice and prepared the following final report: Document Title: Evaluation of CeaseFire-Chicago Author: Wesley G. Skogan ; Susan M. Hartnett ; Natalie Bump ; Jill Dubois Document No.: 227181 Date Received: June 2009 Award Number: 2005-MU-MU-0033 This report has not been published by the U.S. Department of Justice. To provide better customer service, NCJRS has made this Federally- funded grant final report available electronically in addition to traditional paper copies. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Evaluation of CeaseFire-Chicago b y Wesley G. Skogan, Susan M. Hartnett, Natalie Bump and Jill Dubois with the assistance of Ryan Hollon and Danielle Morris The research reported here was conducted with the support of Grant Number 2005-MU-MU-0033, National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. Findings and conclusions of the research reported here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. March 20, 2008 All CeaseFire reports are available at: www.northwestern.edu/ipr/publications/ceasefire.html For further information contact
[email protected] i Contributors to the Report Richard Block Ryan Hollon Catrina Roman Natalie Bump So-young Kim Wesley G. Skogan Andrew Clark Danielle Morris Jonathan Webber Jill Dubois Stacy Pancratz Tao Xie Susan M. Hartnett Andrew Papachristos Jennifer Yahner ii Abstract The report presents the findings of an evaluation of CeaseFire, a Chicago-based violence prevention program.