Good old days? Not for killings—Homicide rate for 1930 nearly same as last year’s
Title: Good old days? Not for killings—Homicide rate for 1930 nearly same as last year’s Year: 2004 Publisher: The Chicago Sun-Times Author: Frank Main Issue: June 8, 2004 Description: The Chicago Sun-Times article announcing the launch of the Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930 website, which received ~70k visits the weekend of its launch. What is perhaps […]
The Record Keepers
Title: The Record Keepers Year: 2006 Author: Leigh Buchanan Bienen Publisher: TriQuarterly Issue: Issue 124, Intro, pp. 9-44 Description: Introductory essay to a group of papers presented at a conference based on the Chicago Historical Homicide Project database. I would not be here, now, sweating in the August humidity of 2005 writing this, with an […]