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A recent study placing the costs of murder at $17.25 million is attracting a great deal of attention. I hope it will help make the case for crime prevention initiatives at a time of diminishing state budgets. As with many cost-benefit studies, the number itself cannot convey the human impact of what it is estimating [...]
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