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, Jan 11, 2013
Homicide Watch expanding to Chicago in partnership with
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Laura Amico, founder of Homicide Watch, discusses the database-driven program's expansion to Chicago
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City officials say they're committed to community policing, just not to funding it
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Urban farming and better care of vacant lots could reduce crime and improve life in poorer areas
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, Jan 4, 2013
Demand for gun control surges, and so does demand for guns
Illinois may be the center of our nation's confusing and contradictory approach to firearms
by Mick Dumke
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, Dec 18, 2012
Jail break at the Metropolitan Correctional Center
For the first time in 27 years there's been an escape from the jail in the South Loop
by Steve Bogira
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, Dec 17, 2012
Have they found Michael Jansson's body?
A body was pulled from the river yesterday. Are they the remains of this long-lost Lincolnwood man?
by Mike Sula
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, Dec 6, 2012
Another price of segregation: not just homicide, but countless walking wounded
More than 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year, and the toll is often great even for those who survive
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, Nov 23, 2012
Abbate case is just the tip of the iceberg in city legal payouts
The city of Chicago has shelled out nearly $417 million in lawsuits since 2005
by Mick Dumke
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, Nov 21, 2012
The
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Am I the only one who thinks you could switch a few nationalities in the new
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, Nov 9, 2012
Marijuana votes produce legal haze and hope for reforms
Legalization votes in Colorado and Washington show that the nation's marijuana policies are a tangled mess
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, Nov 3, 2012
What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part two of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment, part two of two
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, Nov 2, 2012
What a robbery in Edgewater says about the police staffing debate, part one of two
A close look at a jewelry store stickup and the politics of police deployment
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, Oct 30, 2012
Johnnie To's
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, which has little in common with the U.S. presidential election
Revisiting the Hong Kong master's gangland saga in light of the U.S. presidential election
by Ben Sachs
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, Oct 26, 2012
Top cops can't explain what's up with CAPS
CAPS director Ron Holt offers another spin on the future of the police department's community outreach program
by Mick Dumke
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, Oct 26, 2012
Superintendent McCarthy dismantles CAPS, will replace it with something at some point
Chicago police chief says we don't need more cops, just a new community policing policy to be determined later
by Mick Dumke
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, Oct 16, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part five of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part five of five
by Mick Dumke
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, Oct 15, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part four of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part four of five
by Mick Dumke
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, Oct 14, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part three of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part three of five
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, Oct 13, 2012
The shot that brought the projects down, part two of five
How the 1992 killing of Dantrell Davis forever altered not just the landscape of Chicago but urban policy nationwide, part two of five
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