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Jacksonville death toll troubling, but officials say there is hope
Murders, where someone illegally takes the life of someone, are different from homicides, which can include justifiable self-defense shootings, Sheriff ...
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Detroit has lowest homicide tally in 50 years
In 2017, Michigan's biggest city posted its lowest tally of criminal homicides in more than a half-century: 267, Detroit Police ...
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New Haven marks lowest homicide number in decades in 2017
With only a day left in 2017, New Haven is on pace for the lowest number of homicides in decades ...
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York City’s shootings drop by half, GVI credited for reduction
York City had less than half the shootings in 2017 than it had the year before, according to city officials, ...
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Report: Connecticut’s Project Longevity Is Effective Tool Against Gun Violence
A new report from a gun policy group founded by former Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords highlights Connecticut’s Project Longevity as ...
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Americans Don’t Really Understand Gun Violence
Some police departments do carefully track shootings, but most keep that data internal. In New York City, for example, police ...
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House: violence ‘a public health crisis’
Violent crime in Bermuda is a public health crisis, national security minister Wayne Caines told Parliament this morning. Specifically addressing ...
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Why Do We Ignore Initiatives That Reduce Gun Violence?
"While movies, television and news outlets often give the impression that entire cities and neighborhoods are filled with thugs, criminals ...
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Pastor tasked with beating gang violence
Pastor Leroy Bean was announced yesterday as Bermuda’s gang violence reduction coordinator. Mr Bean brings personal experience to the position ...
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Here’s What Actually Reduces Gun Violence
Some of the strongest evidence on reducing gun violence comes not from controls on gun purchases, but from an approach ...
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How Not to Respond to the Rising Murder Rate
In an op-ed for the The New York Times, Harvard researcher Thomas Abt responds to the 2016 FBI crime data ...
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New Orleans sees recent dip in murders after spike in first half of 2017
New Orleans averaged a murder about every other day in the first six months of 2017 - startling for a ...
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