Chicago to expand anti-violence youth program that reduced arrests in pilot – Chalkbeat Chicago

A 2020 research brief found that participants had 48% fewer crime-related arrests compared to their peers — and that they were still less likely to be involved with the criminal justice system in the year after the program ended. Participants were also likely to attend seven days more of school a year than a control group of their peers and were involved with fewer incidents of misconduct on campus.