Year: Senior

Major(s):  Psychology

Mentor: Richards, Maryse

Department: Physics

Project Title: Youth's Perception of Community Violence within Little Village

Project Abstract: While much data are available regarding community violence in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, youth's perspectives of their own community remain unknown. Little Village is the largest Latino neighborhood in the Chicago metropolitan area and also faces high crime rates and gang related violence (Forrest, 2011). The community is comprised mostly of Mexican- Americans under the age of 25 (Enlace, 2013). This community based participatory research study seeks to address the differences between how Mexican-American youth, age 12-18, describe community violence and how the statistics published by the Chicago Police Department (CPD) describe violent incidences within the community of Little Village.