Public Newsroom #81: Report Release -- Youth Voices on Gun Violence

Reporting on gun violence often focuses on youth or young adults, but rarely does it center on their voices and perspectives. What strategies could emerge if we surveyed the oft-misrepresented young adults themselves? How could hearing from young adults contribute to community-led strategies to reduce shootings and get more guns off the street?The Urban Institute, one of the nation’s leading social science and economic research organizations, explores these questions in a survey of young adults in four Chicago neighborhoods experiencing high rates of gun violence: Austin, Auburn-Gresham, Englewood, and North Lawndale. With the help of community partners, researchers conducted in-person interviews with 345 young adults in November 2017 and February 2018. Nancy La Vigne and Jocelyn Fontaine present the survey's findings for the first time at this Public Newsroom.