The New Face of Law and Order – Chicago Magazine

Voters who imagined Eileen O’Neill Burke cracking skulls and filling prisons have ignored her stated commitment to counseling and training programs as alternatives to incarceration. If her tenure heralds a new era for the state’s attorney’s office and law enforcement in Cook County, it will likely be because she weds strong, effective law enforcement with many of the same long-term social programs that progressives see as necessary.