An armed man who barricaded himself inside a South Philadelphia home was taken into custody without incident, Philadelphia police announced on Wednesday, June 18. Officers were dispatched to a report ...

Philly gun violence interrupter Mazzie Casher has historic yet modern solutions to the problems of crime and poverty ...

Philadelphia's Health Department adopts a public health approach to gun violence, focusing on data analysis and community ...

A devastating blow happened for a West Philly organization working to save our streets. The group is working to move forward after the tragic loss of two of the organization’s members, both of them ...

People working to curb gun crime in Lansing are concerned that federal funding cuts are threatening the progress they’ve made ...

District Attorney Larry Krasner lent his support to a lawsuit aiming to reverse $500 million in cuts to federal public safety programs, accusing the president of wanting more urban violence and crime.

Violence prevention programs, particularly community-based interventions, can significantly reduce homicides and shootings in ...

Mayor Cherelle Parker joined elected leaders and residents Tuesday evening for a prayer vigil on the site where two people ...

A Chicago criminologist challenges our assumptions about why most shootings happen—and what really makes a city safe.

By the 2024 election, for the first time in awhile, violent crime was a major political issue in the US. A Pew survey that ...

People blame gun violence on different things depending ... LUDWIG: Which is a huge reduction. MA: Strategy two - help change people's environments. And this can be illustrated by a study Jens ...

He credited the "resources we've created through the Group Violence Reduction Strategy" for the ... and cities like Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago have seen reductions of 25% ...