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JSA: Jewelry Crime Hitting New Lows.

Jewelers Circular Keystone, May, 2007

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By Rob Bates

Dollar losses, crimes against jewelry sales-people, and jewelry-related homicides all dropped during 2006, sometimes hitting levels not seen in 20 years, Jewelers' Security Alliance reported.

Overall dollar losses in 2006 were $105.8 million, down 5.1 percent from 2005. The number of off-premises crimes, principally against traveling salespersons, de-creased from 181 to 155, the fewest since the 1980s.

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Homicides declined from nine in 2005 to seven in 2006, and John Kennedy, JSA president, notes there have been no jewelry-related homicides in the last 12 ...

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JSA: Jewelry Crime Hitting New Lows.

Jewelers Circular Keystone, May, 2007

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