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(The Crime Report)View from the Trauma Center: Why Gun Violence Persists (The Crime Report)America’s Justice System Needs a ‘Course Correction” (The Crime Report)“Safety Is Freedom From Trauma” (British Journal of Community Justice)How Hot Spots Policing Can Reduce Community Violence (The Crime Report)The Promise and Peril of Cure Violence in NYC (City & State)Reducing Violence: Why ‘Simple’ Solutions Won’t Work (The Crime Report)‘Invest in Communities’: A Gun Violence Researcher Finds Reason for Hope (The Crime Report)Reducing Violence by Strengthening Communities: Lessons from New York City (Policing Insight)Coping With the “Crisis of Violence” (The Crime Report)A Prison Abolitionist’s Plea: We Need a Better Solution for “Egregious Harm” (The Crime Report)Is New York City’s Spike in Violence A Return to the ‘Bad Old Days’? 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