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From the Ted Talk by Anne Milgram: Why smart statistics are the key to fighting crime

Unscramble the Blue Letters

It worked for the Oakland A's, and it wkroed in the state of New Jersey. We took Camden off the top of the list as the most dangerous city in America. We recuded murders there by 41 percent, which actually means 37 lives were saved. And we reduced all crime in the city by 26 percent. We also changed the way we did cnaiirml prosecutions. So we went from doing low-level drug cmeris that were outside our building to doing cases of stitaewde irantmcope, on things like reducing violence with the most violent offenders, prosecuting street gangs, gun and drug trafficking, and political corruption.

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It worked for the Oakland A's, and it ______ in the state of New Jersey. We took Camden off the top of the list as the most dangerous city in America. We _______ murders there by 41 percent, which actually means 37 lives were saved. And we reduced all crime in the city by 26 percent. We also changed the way we did ________ prosecutions. So we went from doing low-level drug ______ that were outside our building to doing cases of _________ __________, on things like reducing violence with the most violent offenders, prosecuting street gangs, gun and drug trafficking, and political corruption.

Solution

  1. statewide
  2. crimes
  3. importance
  4. reduced
  5. criminal
  6. worked

Original Text

It worked for the Oakland A's, and it worked in the state of New Jersey. We took Camden off the top of the list as the most dangerous city in America. We reduced murders there by 41 percent, which actually means 37 lives were saved. And we reduced all crime in the city by 26 percent. We also changed the way we did criminal prosecutions. So we went from doing low-level drug crimes that were outside our building to doing cases of statewide importance, on things like reducing violence with the most violent offenders, prosecuting street gangs, gun and drug trafficking, and political corruption.

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