Philadelphia's urban improvements correlate with reduced crime, suggesting environment plays a role in safety.

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

Sustained federal funding from the CDC, NIH, and other federal agencies (e.g., the National Institute of Justice and the ...

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

Malcolm Gladwell reviews “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence,” by Jens Ludwig.

I’ve long believed that increasing the sentence for homicide can’t cut the murder rate because 90% of people who kill do so ...

Criminologists distinguish between instrumental violence (shooting a bank guard to facilitate a robbery) and expressive violence (expressing my rage or jealousy with fists or pistol). Almost all ...

A recent uptick in gun violence — including a Memorial Day shooting in Fairmount Park — serves as an urgent reminder for ... Mayor Cherelle L. Parker and her team have focused on an “all-of-the-above ...

While gun violence is down in Philadelphia, advocates say there are still too many children being caught in the crossfire.

Philadelphia marks Gun Violence Awareness Month, highlighting JWAT's role in reducing gun-related incidents, and emphasizing ...

Philadelphia is standing against gun violence on Tuesday with two events, one week after the fatal mass shooting on Lemon Hill in Fairmount Park. The shooting late on Memorial Day killed 21-year ...