Programs

What is the Programs menu?

• The Chicago Crime Commission Gang Research and Report
  • The Gang Book

The Commission donated more than 4,000 copies of The Gang Book, a 272-page detailed overview of street gangs to the Chicago Police Department, Chicago Public Schools and numerous others in criminal justice and law enforcement throughout the State of Illinois for use as a training tool and guide.  The book's widespread national media coverage has spurred the introduction of new gang-reduction legislation and the establishment of collaborative gang-reduction tasks forces throughout the greater Chicago area.  The Commission distributes this publication through Borders, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores.

• Crime History Preservation, Archives and Publications
  • Friend and Foe

Housing one of the oldest and most complete archives on organized crime throughout the past century, the Chicago Crime Commission has opened its vault to researchers and journalists to educate the public about lessons from the past, both successes and failures in law-enforcement initiatives and criminal activities. 

Our recent publication, Friend and Foe, compiles glimpses of interesting moments of crime and crime history in a decade-by-decade pictorial, featuring photographs, cartoons, newspaper articles, lithographs, fingerprints, and drawings contained in the Commission's extensive archive.  The Commission distributes this publication through Borders, Barnes & Noble and other bookstores.

• Reporting Public Corruption and Crime Anonymously

If you are in an emergency situation, CALL 911!

                  To Report Public Corruption:  click Report Corruption above,

                  visit www.888eyeongov.org or

                  call 1-800-Eye-On-Gov

                  To Report Other Crimes:  click Report Crime above or

                   call 1-312-372-0101 Option 1

Our unique and innovative Internet public-corruption crime reporting system gives government employees and citizens access to a complete Web-based and automated telephone tool to reach law enforcement anonymously. 

Using the latest innovative technology, the Commission designed the interactive Web site to allow Internet users and callers to streamline their information in a way that law enforcement quickly can use.   

Citizens who are uncomfortable, for whatever reason, in contacting local law enforcement can remain anonymous, unless the person calling chooses to give his or her own personal information.  That information is forwarded to the appropriate agency.

• If you are in an emergency situation, CALL 911! Most reports the Commission handles are of ongoing drug-selling activity, gang activity, prostitution, etc.  If you are in danger, please CALL 911 first!

• Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN)
  • Community Engagement Partner

The Chicago Crime Commission was selected by the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Task Force to act as a Community Engagement Partner. Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide program to reduce gun violence, adaptable to local circumstances, that was launched in 2001 by President Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft.  The cornerstone of the Northern District of Illinois' local program is that every state defendant with a gun will be reviewed for possible federal prosecution.  The program's aim is to target the harshest penalties for the worst offenders and to publicize the effort in order to, as Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois puts it, "change the way people with guns think.  They have to be afraid to carry a gun - not afraid to be without one."

For more information, visit the Project Safe Neighborhoods Web site for Chicago at: http://www.psnchicago.org/

• Coalition Against the Exploitation, Prostitution and Trafficking of Children

In addition to the Chicago Crime Commission, this coalition includes Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; FBI Chicago Office; Illinois Department of Children & Family Services; Office of the U.S. Attorney - Northern District of Illinois; Chicago Public Schools; Cook County Sheriff's Office; Adults Saving Children; Genesis House; U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenity; and the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

Goals of the coalition include spotlighting the under-reported problem of child exploitation and prostitution; advocating the prosecution of those who exploit children; educating childcare workers, teachers and others on how to help children involved; preventing children from being exploited or getting involved in prostitution; encouraging non-profit organizations to provide a safe haven and services for this population; increasing collaboration among various stakeholders who care for children and who investigate and prosecute these crimes; and encouraging researchers to conduct additional valid research on this issue.

• Illinois Integrated Justice Information System (IIJIS)
•   Planning and Policy
•  Implementation
•  Technology Integration

IIJIS is a statewide effort to improve communication among criminal justice, public health and other systems to better prevent and respond to everyday crime and acts of terrorism or natural disasters.  IIJIS partners represent justice agencies spanning the full spectrum of the justice enterprise, including law enforcement, prosecution, defense, the judiciary, corrections, the Commission and other relevant non-justice agencies.  The Chicago Crime Commission is active on the IIJIS Board and on the Media and Educational Materials, Planning and Policy, Outreach and Finance committees.

• The Investigative Business Advisory Service and Training
  • Research and Analysis
  • Speakers and Presentations

With extensive experience, the Commission presents on various law-enforcement and criminal-justice topics, continuing its tradition of exposing corruption and organized criminal activities.  It conducts inquiries and analyzes information it receives, exploring fully the public safety issues referred. 

For more information on this service, contact us through our online form.