Trama Response

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The good to be done is not just help to arrest people who shoot others, but to prevent it from happening ahead of time. A lot of the people who are caught up in shooting go right back to the same bok they were shot 600 feet away from their home. And so they're retromatized, simply by living in the same neighborhood, and they see the people that shot em. It's different, new and an understanding that element that you have to deal with the trama and people that are continually re exposed to it will take some work.

The United States is suffering from an epidemic of tragic gun violence. While a political debate rages around the topic of gun control, it remains important to understand the causes and possible remedies for gun violence within the current system. Andrew Papachristos is a sociologist who uses applied network science to study patterns of street violence in urban areas. His research shows that such violence is highly non-random; knowing something about the social networks of perpetrators and victims can help identify who might be at heightened risk of gun violence. It’s an interesting example of applying ideas from mathematics and computer science to real-world social situations.

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Andrew Papachristos received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago. He is currently a professor of sociology at Northwestern University, and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. He is also founding director of the Northwestern Neighborhoods and Networks Initiative.

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