avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Sam Sianis ran the Billy Goat for 50 years. Reporters, cops, politicians — same room, same cheezborger, no reservations. It collapsed the distance between the people who ran Chicago and the people who covered it. 130
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialContexts Magazine @contexts.org · 15/07/2025"Cities might speak different dialects, but they share the same grammar of exclusion," writes sociologist @avpapachristos.bsky.social on the everyday practices of urban segregation. Read "Don't Go"--and our entire spring issue--free through 8/11 at journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... #sociology 0116
avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Basically: I can retire now :) 040
avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Is the new Pope really from Chicago? Technically, he grew up in Dolton New piece explores how parish geography shaped the first American pope and why his hometown no longer exists. Spoiler: He's a Sox fan. neighborhoodscience.substack.com/p/the-pope-t...neighborhoodscience.substack.comThe Pope, The Parish, and Chicago(land)'s Holy Geography(Or A Spatial Dispensation for a Suburban Pope) 010
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 06/04/2025On a more serious note, I have a weekly newsletter that you might enjoy if you're new. Sign up at Jasher.substack.comjasher.substack.comJeff-alytics | Jeff Asher | SubstackI write about crime, data, and crime data. Come join, it'll be fun! Click to read Jeff-alytics, by Jeff Asher, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers. 073
avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 05/03/2025New on Neighborhood Science: "Invisible Infrastructure: How Community Violence Interventions Build Neighborhood Safety." This is more than stopping shootings--it's about building an architecture of care and opportunity. open.substack.com/pub/neighbor...open.substack.comInvisible InfrastructureHow Community Violence Interventions Build Neighborhood Safety 021
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialEverytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 28/02/2025The DOJ has scrubbed a report detailing public mass shootings in the US from 1966–2019—and the histories of 172 mass shooters—from its site. Attempting to erase gun violence doesn’t erase reality. 6298179
avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Cities speak different dialects but share the same grammar of exclusion. My latest piece explores how everyday warnings—'don't go there,' 'stay away from that neighborhood'—transform segregation from policy into practice, and what we can do about it. neighborhoodscience.substack.com/p/dont-go 062
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialEverytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 01/02/2025Baltimore has seen a dramatic decrease in ghost recoveries at crime scenes—309 in 2024, down from over 500 in 2023—following new federal, state, and local ghost gun regulations. That all could change: The fate of President Biden’s federal ghost gun rule is now in the hands of the Supreme Court.buff.lyCrackdown on do-it-yourself firearm kits is curbing ghost guns. Will it last?Baltimore is cautiously celebrating a sharp downward trend of ghost guns and what could be a harbinger of progress in the fight against gun violence across the country. 2248
avpapachristos.bsky.social @avpapachristos.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Excited to launch Neighborhood Science, where every statistic has a story and every trend line starts with people. Exploring how neighborhoods work. First stop: a Greek diner on the North Side. neighborhoodscience.substack.com/p/lessons-fr...neighborhoodscience.substack.comLessons from a Greek DinerWelcome to Neighborhood Science 2133
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 27/01/2025New this week: I wrote about how vehicle-based crimes such as vehicle burglaries, carjackings and auto theft plunged in 2024 after having surged a lot since 2020. jasher.substack.com/p/vehicle-ba...jasher.substack.comVehicle-Based Crime Plunged in 2024Preliminary city data points to an encouraging trend. 0152
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.social𝙼𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚗 𝙺𝚊𝚗𝚐 @mkang.bsky.social · 23/01/2025I've spent the last couple of years w/ young people in Chicago for research on illegal gun carrying. Here're reflections from them (& seasoned experts) and how they've reshaped my thinking on gun research and policy. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-better-conversation-on-guns @vitalcitynyc.bsky.socialvitalcitynyc.orgVital City | A Better Conversation on GunsFor the U.S. to make lasting progress against firearm violence, it must change the way it talks about — and talks to — people who carry. 1167
Reposted by @avpapachristos.bsky.socialC. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 10/01/2025This was a great conversation with @avpapachristos.bsky.social about working in government and the importance of research! Thanks to @sesp-nu.bsky.social @ipratnu.bsky.social @NUEconomics dailynorthwestern.com/2025/01/09/c...dailynorthwestern.comProf. Kirabo Jackson talks economic advising in the Biden White HouseNorthwestern Institute for Policy Research Director and Weinberg Prof. Andrew Papachristos interviewed SESP Prof. Kirabo “Bo” Jackson Thursday at 5 p.m. The colleagues spoke to a crowd of about 200 un... 072
