Thomas Abt, Eddie Bocanegra and Emada Tingirides

Abt, a Senior Fellow at the Council on Criminal Justice, is Chair of the Council’s Violent Crime Working Group and the author of Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence - and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets. Eddie Bocanegra, a member of the Violent Crime Working Group, is Senior Director of READI Chicago. Tingirides is a Deputy Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, where she serves as Commanding Officer in charge of the Community Safety Partnership Bureau.

Thomas Abt, Eddie Bocanegra and Emada Tingirides

Violent Crime in the U.S. Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It

Just before Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, dozens of residents gathered on a basketball court in the city’s Lawncrest section to mourn the loss of Jessica Covington. Thirty-two years old and seven months pregnant, Covington had been...