Group counseling, mentoring, and nontraditional sports activities strengthen adolescents’ social-cognitive skills. (Photo courtesy Becoming a Man)
Crime Lab research informs the expansion of a youth violence prevention program.
Additional funding Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel announced in February for the violence prevention program Becoming A Man—Sports Edition: $2 million Percentage of reduction in violent crime arrests among at-risk adolescent boys that a UChicago Crime Lab study attributes to the program: 44 Number of boys currently participating in the counseling, mentoring, and sports activities: 600 Number of boys the additional funds support: 2,000 Estimated percentage point improvement in high school graduation rates—which average 53 percent in the largest urban school districts—due to the program, according to Crime Lab research: 5 to 8