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Research Paper Crime Watch
Abstract Citywide homicide totals describe the scale of lethal violence but do not show how it is distributed across communities. This paper examines Chicago homicide victimizations from 2015 through 2025 and compares…
Analysis Crime Watch
Chicago’s homicide count has declined substantially since 2021. But a citywide total cannot tell us whether that improvement is shared across communities. RSE’s analysis of Chicago Police Department victim records identifies 806…
