title: The cost of murder. Anti-violence groups, hospitals work to try and stop homicides, which have negative impacts on both the community and bottom lines.
abstract: The brutal toll of homicide in their communities has some hospitals working with anti-violence groups to halt the slaughter by trying to stop retaliation. Talking to victims after an attack is "really this golden window of opportunity, when they're open to change", says Marla Becker, left, of Youth Alive.
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carlson
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004469:Economics, Hospital; D006708:Homicide / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014922:Wisconsin; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000191:economics