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:
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).
Marisa Ross, Susan Burtner, and Andrew Papachristos. 2025. Characterizing Violence Intervention Street Outreach Participants and Service Dosage: Implications for Measurement and Evaluation (WP-25-08).
Felipe Gonçalves, Elisa Jácome, and Emily Weisburst. 2024. Immigration Enforcement and Public Safety (WP-24-06).
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
Community Violence Intervention at the Crossroads: Old Questions, New Evidence, and the Future of Public Safety
By Andrew Papachristos, John G. Searle Professor of Sociology and IPR Director
Sexual Harassment in Urban India: Prevalence and an Intervention
By Lori Beaman, Professor of Economics and IPR Fellow