Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 The Nature, Scale, and Scope of Private Sector Responses to Crime and Violence; Introduction; Study Scope and Methods; Box 1.1 Literature Review on the Role of Firms in Environments Affected by Violence...

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