Book · 2025 · Business & Economics
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
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If you want to dive deeper into Yens's ideas, check out his new book. It's called Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Apr 2025 The best things said about it
We had a recent episode with Yens Ludwig, who runs the crime lab at the University of Chicago, and he wrote a book called Unforgiving Places, which explores some innovative solutions to America's gun problem.
Why people recommend it
Unforgiving Places by Jens Ludwig is a book that investigates the root causes of American gun violence and explores innovative, evidence-based solutions from the perspective of crime lab research. On People I (Mostly) Admire, Steve Levitt recommended the title to listeners at the close of an episode exploring gun policy. In a subsequent episode of the same podcast, Morgan Levy mentioned the book while introducing a listener question, noting that the author runs the University of Chicago crime lab and uses his research to address urban violence. Levitt also discussed the publication directly with Jens Ludwig, praising how the text captures the differing assumptions that people on the political left and right make regarding the underlying causes of crime. Podcast discussions highlight the book's value in bridging ideological divides and offering empirical insights into public safety challenges. Listeners interested in criminology and urban policy frequently discover the title through these deep-dive interviews with researchers working on the front lines of violence prevention.
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Steve Levitt If you want to dive deeper into Yens's ideas, check out his new book. It's called Unforgiving Places: The U… 2
“So, you've written a book. It's called Unforgiving Places. And one piece of your book that I really love is how you capture the assumptions that people on the right and the left make about the causes of crime.”
“If you want to dive deeper into Yens's ideas, check out his new book. It's called Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.”
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“We had a recent episode with Yens Ludwig, who runs the crime lab at the University of Chicago, and he wrote a book called Unforgiving Places, which explores some innovative solutions to America's gun problem.”
