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Thomas Abt

Thomas Abt (born 1972) is an American author, crime researcher, and former government official specializing in evidence-informed approaches to reducing crime in urban areas. His book, Bleeding Out: The Devastating Consequences of Urban Violence and a Bold New Plan for Peace in the Streets, was published in June 2019 by Basic Books.

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I think, unfortunately, across the country generally, but especially in communities that are hardest hit by high homicide rates, there is this hopelessness that there's really nothing that can be done and that it is this chronic problem that is beyond sort of solving, fortunately, that's not the case.

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I want to just push back on this notion that whatever we do related to homicide rates begins and ends with the police. It doesn't, it's very important that cops and communities are working together on this.

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There is no one strategy, but taken together, there is a toolbox out there that can be used to reduce homicide.

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These conflicts... can occur for surprisingly small things, an insult on social media, a dispute over a girlfriend and so on.

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There is an expectation among those young men that you don't go to the police, that you resolve it amongst yourselves, so, these young men often – if someone hurts them or someone they care about – they take the law into their own hands.

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These conflicts ... can occur for surprisingly small things, an insult on social media, a dispute over a girlfriend and so on.

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The evidence shows that homicide is quite concentrated among small networks of people in small clusters of locations.

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So, these young men often – if someone hurts them or someone they care about – they take the law into their own hands.

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Over time, there can be cynicism, both among the community members and among the cops themselves about the solvability of these crimes, it’s very important that we try to push back on that cynicism as much as possible.

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The pandemic, like community gun violence, concentrates among the poorest and most disenfranchised people, so those communities are doubly impacted, not only by Covid-19, but by gun violence.

Found on CNN 3 years ago

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