For a decade, crime has tumbled across much of metropolitan Los Angeles. Despite the progress in crime-fighting, there remain pockets of L.A. County where each day brings peril. For two years, Los Angeles Times staff photographer Barbara Davidson has documented how victims and their families have endured the aftermath of violence. She won a Pulitzer Prize for this work in 2011.

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