Analysis of Social Media Involvement in Violent Injury

JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1347-1349. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.4995.

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Prince George's County Police Department, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
³ Departments of African-American Studies and Medical Anthropology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁶ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁷ Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care, and Emergency Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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This cross-sectional study uses police agency–collected information to quantify the association among social media involvement, crime, and violence.