Wouldn’t it be great if Chicago’s economy so strong that businesses could afford to hire young people without financial ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Young people are engaging their communities to prevent violence in a brand-new City of Chicago program. The youth Peacekeepers Program participants say they have made a difference ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing.

Professor Jonathan Davis with the University of Oregon says the University of Chicago Crime Lab study clearly shows that the Choose to Change Community Violence Intervention program has sharply ...

The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted a peace pledge Wednesday in response to the typical ...

Homelessness, literacy problems and violence are among them. The issues and statistics are sobering, yet new research shows Chicago youth can be resilient if they get the help they need.

Chicago leaders have no real plan to deal with youth violence downtown Instead of doing their jobs, city leaders appear to be allowing legal, investigative and prevention tools to just rust away ...

Chicago has become an easy buzzword when it comes to crime – it's convenient reductionism for the parrots who choose to ignore facts and statistics.

In Chicago, cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise curbing youth violence The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not ...

In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's south side, nearly 100 people were shot last year, and many of the young people living there will tell you the violence weighs on them. "It affect me as ...