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A $26m try to tame city's crime hot spots

New program's workers may have rough pasts

By Maria Cramer
Globe Staff / December 4, 2008

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The Boston Foundation and city officials are preparing to flood a 1.5-square-mile section of the city with massive crime-fighting resources over the next six years, pinpointing about 2,000 young criminals who they believe drive more than three-quarters of the city's violence. (Full article: 1218 words)

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