Potential shooters could get jobs, therapy under upcoming Philly program
Community activists say the Chicago-based READI program could be the solution Philly needs to curb gun violence – if it ever materializes.
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Community activists say the Chicago-based READI program could be the solution Philly needs to curb gun violence – if it ever materializes.
Men who went through the program were two-thirds less likely to be arrested for a shooting or murder and nearly 20% less likely to get shot or killed themselves than men who did not take part.
Men who went through the program were two-thirds less likely to be arrested for a shooting or murder and nearly 20% less likely to get shot or killed themselves than men who did not take part.
U of C researchers found that those who took part in READI Chicago were two-thirds less likely to be arrested for a violent crime and nearly 20% less likely to be shot themselves than other at-risk residents of the South and West sides.
Aadi Kulkarni ’22, a senior in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and the College of Human Ecology who co-founded a startup to help underserved populations access academic papers, led the Cornell International Affairs Review and founde