CHICAGO (CBS) -- Young people are engaging their communities to prevent violence in a brand-new City of Chicago program. The youth Peacekeepers Program participants say they have made a difference ...

CHICAGO (CBS) – A 13-year-old Chicago middle school student put her sadness over youth violence into words and won national recognition for her writing.

The UCAN Chicago program, who works with underserved youth, hosted a peace pledge Wednesday in response to the typical ...

Professor Jonathan Davis with the University of Oregon says the University of Chicago Crime Lab study clearly shows that the Choose to Change Community Violence Intervention program has sharply ...

Homelessness, literacy problems and violence are among them. The issues and statistics are sobering, yet new research shows Chicago youth can be resilient if they get the help they need.

The pilot program focuses on youth and equips them with conflict-resolution, emotional-control and peer-mediation skills.

In Chicago, cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise curbing youth violence The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not ...

This Mix of Therapies Is Helping to Stop Youth Violence in Chicago A violence prevention program is pairing cognitive behavioral therapy with other support to keep high-risk teens out of jail.

In the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's south side, nearly 100 people were shot last year, and many of the young people living there will tell you the violence weighs on them. "It affect me as ...