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Thomas D. Stucky

Professor of criminal justice
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis

Thomas D. Stucky is a professor of criminal justice at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.

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  • BALTIMORE, MD -- APRIL 13: Safe Streets Violence Interrupter Lamont Medley, left, greets Darrell Savoy, right, as Paige Fitz stands by. Fitz runs a nonprofit that mentors young women in the community. Sandtown residents who live near and in the Gilmor (cq) Homes come together to mourn Dana Miller, who passed away from an overdose a few days before. The community is tight-knit, and many people claimed a familial connection to the deceased. This is the same community that Freddie Gray was from. Safe Streets is a program started in Baltimore to cut gun violence in the most dangerous communities in the city by deploying Violence Interruptors to deescalate conflicts before they turn deadly. The newest post has just opened in the long beleaguered Sandtown community which was ground zero for the city's unrest following the death of Freddie Gray. (photo by Andre Chung for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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    Reducing Gun Violence Takes Multiple Approaches

    By Thomas D. Stucky August 22, 2022
    Indianapolis is trying programs including job skills, therapy, and violence interrupters to find out what works. See other coverage of nonprofit and foundation efforts to curb gun violence, including articles from the Chronicle, Associated Press, and the Conversation.