Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 20, 2022 Homicides near universities are a crisis that needs immediate action and long-term solutions Originally published in the Chicago Tribune on April 18, 2022. On Nov. 9, University of Chicago […] A new paper by doctoral candidate Nicole Johnson and Professor Caterina Roman, both in the College of Liberal Arts’ Criminal Justice Department, seeks to offer some of the missing context behind Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis. The study shows that from March 2020 through June 2021, gun violence went up on average by 21.6% each two-month period, albeit slowing down considerably in 2021. The areas that saw increasingly more gun violence had something in common: they had high drug market activity.Photo by Graphic created by Robert Frawley Feb. 25, 2022 Connecting the dots between gun violence and drug markets If you turn on the television, open a newspaper or visit a news site, it is hard to avoid the […] Temple University President Jason Wingard listens to students talk about safety, community relations and policing during a discussion in a North Philadelphia neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 15.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Dec. 16, 2021 Discussing safety solutions On a sunny morning in mid-December, a group of Temple leaders, students, parents and landlords […]
Photo by Joseph V. Labolito Apr. 20, 2022 Homicides near universities are a crisis that needs immediate action and long-term solutions Originally published in the Chicago Tribune on April 18, 2022. On Nov. 9, University of Chicago […] A new paper by doctoral candidate Nicole Johnson and Professor Caterina Roman, both in the College of Liberal Arts’ Criminal Justice Department, seeks to offer some of the missing context behind Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis. The study shows that from March 2020 through June 2021, gun violence went up on average by 21.6% each two-month period, albeit slowing down considerably in 2021. The areas that saw increasingly more gun violence had something in common: they had high drug market activity.Photo by Graphic created by Robert Frawley Feb. 25, 2022 Connecting the dots between gun violence and drug markets If you turn on the television, open a newspaper or visit a news site, it is hard to avoid the […] Temple University President Jason Wingard listens to students talk about safety, community relations and policing during a discussion in a North Philadelphia neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 15.Photo by Ryan S. Brandenberg Dec. 16, 2021 Discussing safety solutions On a sunny morning in mid-December, a group of Temple leaders, students, parents and landlords […]
