More than half of Chicagoans will witness a shooting by age 40, according to a study published Tuesday, and the numbers look even worse when broken down by race.
by age 40, according to a study published Tuesday, and the numbers look even worse when broken down by race.
"We expected levels of exposure to gun violence to be high, but not this high. Our findings are frankly startling and disturbing," said the study’s author, Charles Lanfear, an assistant professor at the University of Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology. "A substantial portion of Chicago’s population could be living with trauma as a result of witnessing shootings and homicides, often at a very young age.
The study continued tracking participants who moved away from the city, although the vast majority of gun violence incidents that were witnessed took place in Chicago.Among Black and Latino participants, about 7% had been shot by age 40, compared to 3% of white participants. The average age for being shot was 17.
Living in such close proximity to gun violence likely takes a "cumulative physiological toll" on Chicago’s citizens, researchers argued.
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