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Jeff Deeney

@jeff_deeney

Jeff Deeney is a social worker and freelance writer living in Philadelphia. He is a contributor to Newsweek/The Daily Beast and TheFix.com.

Activism June 21, 2012

Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus?

CeaseFire Chicago, pioneered by an infectious disease expert, has been heralded as an unprecedented success. Will a summer spike in homicides threaten the program in other cities where it is just taking hold?

Jeff Deeney