Neighborhoods and Community Safety
Over the past decades, globalization, immigration, technology, crime, and other social, economic, and political forces have radically altered urban life. Faculty in this area attempt to understand the real-world sources and consequences of urban poverty and problems that cities and urban dwellers face, from education and housing to policing and segregation.
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Working Papers
Recently published articles and working papers in this program area include:
Lori Beaman, Seema Jayachandran, and Anisha Sharma. 2026. The City Through Her Eyes: Gender-Based Harassment in Public Spaces in Urban India (WP-26-25).
Noli Brazil, Shaun Bhatia, Tony Cheng, and Andrew Papachristos. 2026. The Safety Gap: Neighborhood Homicide Inequality in Chicago, 1992–2025 (WP-26-20).
Jonathan Doriscar, Ava Ma de Sousa, Lauryn Hoard, Wendi Gardner, William Brady, and Sylvia Perry. 2025. Why Reform Stalls: Justification and Outrage as Competing Public Responses to Police Violence (WP-25-31).
Faculty Experts
Political scientists, sociologists, education and social policy experts, and other social scientists come together to study topics associated with the urban landscape and its communities.
Events
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