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So, for those of you who were expecting an update after I got shot last month, here it is...

First, I want to thank Dr. Mara Schenker (@maraschenker) and her staff at @GradyHealth for repairing my shattered ulna and inserting the metal brace that is getting it healed up.

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@maraschenker @GradyHealth She’s done 3,000+ surgeries at the incredible Grady Hospital, many of which involved shootings. Somehow, she maintains this very sunny disposition. Here she is showing off her handiwork (I won't show the original wound...too gross). I'll be showing it off at the next ASC meeting.

Here’s a report of the shooting. Misspelled my name (and let everyone know I'm 55 years old). Contrary to popular opinion, I wasn't out collecting ethnographic data for one of my projects studying criminal decision-making. I was shopping for potting soil.
fox5atlanta.com/news/lindbergh…

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Thomas Abt

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The @washingtonpost editorial board wrote a reasonable piece on the rising rates of violent crime confronting the country right now. But there's an important point that they, and others, are leaving out... washingtonpost.com/opinions/viole…

Many in media and politics are finally citing "community-based" efforts to reduce violence and the evidence showing they can reduce shootings and killings. That's good. Very good. But what they leave out is this...

The "community-based" anti-violence intervention with the strongest results is not EXCLUSIVELY run by the community. In fact, it is a police-community partnership called focused deterrence, the violence reduction initiative, or sometimes just ceasefire.

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Thomas Abt

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