Rather, it focuses on two of the serious public safety challenges of our time. The number of people slain in 2022: 695. Intentional homicide does not include all intentional killing; the difference is usually in the organization of the killing. In order to protect the privacy of crime victims, addresses . But even with violence well below historic highs, members of the public are right to be concerned, and it is incumbent upon policymakers to develop smart, innovative answers to these new public safety challenges. Two patrol districts on the South Side have seen some especially big spikes in homicides so far in 2021. And pandemic-era social policies, likethe Child Tax Credit expansion, have only served to underscore theharmfulconsequencesof poverty and the ability of social spendingto reduce it.