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Crime trends and the effect of mandated drug treatment: Evidence from California's Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act
- Source :
- Journal of Criminal Justice. 37:109-113
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2009.
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Abstract
- The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), implemented statewide in California in July 2001, mandates drug treatment rather than incarceration for certain nonviolent drug offenders. Critics of the legislation suggest that crime increased as a result of the legislation, but researchers have largely ignored this issue. Utilizing time series methodology applied across several independent data sets from Orange County, California, the effects of SACPA on crime were assessed. Results indicate that significant increases in commercial burglaries and paraphernalia arrests may have been attributed to SACPA, but the overall pattern does not support a conclusion that crime increased markedly.
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
Social Psychology
business.industry
Poison control
Human factors and ergonomics
Legislation
social sciences
Criminology
medicine.disease
Suicide prevention
Substance abuse
Paraphernalia
Crime prevention
Environmental health
Injury prevention
medicine
business
Law
health care economics and organizations
Applied Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00472352
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Criminal Justice
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c3878a1a1fe23025d1ee56f17242e1f0