Gary Slutkin

Violence is usually seen as some sort of moral failing. Gary Slutkin says we should instead treat it like a disease.

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The shape and form of the book hasn’t changed all that much since the Middle Ages. But it has definitely changed us.

What if the spread of violence was treated like the spread of a disease? University of Illinois at Chicago’s Gary Slutkin tells us why we need to take a public health approach to preventing violence in America. Read more....