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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 26-2 Purpose.">
  <section prefix="§" num="26-2" heading="Purpose.">
    <text>It is the purpose of this subtitle to:</text>
    <para num="(1)">review and understand the issue of individual, family, community, criminal, and societal violence in Baltimore City;</para>
    <para num="(2)">examine the causes of violence;</para>
    <para num="(3)">consider methods to prevent the different types of violence;</para>
    <para num="(4)">establish systems to deliver existing social, governmental, and economic resources to relieve conditions that may lead to violence;</para>
    <para num="(5)">provide information, education, and assistance to communities, businesses, and government about programs that prevent violence; and</para>
    <para num="(6)">generally address the need to develop the well being of the citizens of Baltimore City in order to eliminate violence as a means of conflict resolution.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §279</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-615</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
