Data has not determined the impact of cashless bail on crime rates. But experts say it is incorrect to claim that there is an ...

President Donald Trump is under pressure to release Justice Department files related to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case, but he has shifted the focus ...

A steep decline in violent crime comes as President Trump amplifies concerns about crime, at times citing misleading ...

Homicides and shootings are falling fast in Chicago, but experts say deeper change is needed to close the gap with safer big ...

Violent crime, nationally and in major cities, is lower than 25 years ago. Marquette University criminal justice professor Theodore Lentz charted rates for violent crime – murder, rape and sexual ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is expected to sign a bill into law Monday that will make it easier for the state's lowest-level gun offenders to obtain a firearm ID card.

Two new gun laws were signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker this week, bringing changes to things like gun storage and ...