An Analysis of Violent Crime in Palm Beach County and Strategies of Violence Reduction Initiatives in U.S. Cities
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Acknowledgements We would like to thank all the staff in the local and county law enforcement agencies in Palm Beach County who were extremely cooperative in supplying data on violent arrests and spent numerous hours in their already busy schedules to compile this critical information. Also, we want to thank the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's Office who was gracious enough to share their valuable information on cases involving murder victims who were killed with a firearm. Finally, we want to thank the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Statistical Analysis Center for their invaluable assistance and efforts in supplying arrest history data on all offenders in Palm Beach County.
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