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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 90, Issue 12, Pages 1933-1936Publisher
AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.90.12.1933
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- PHS HHS [09237] Funding Source: Medline
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Objectives. This study sought to determine whether introduction of a needle exchange program would be associated with increased crime rates. Methods. Trends in arrests were compared in program and nonprogram areas before and after introduction of a needle exchange program in Baltimore. Trends were modeled and compared via Poisson regression. Results. No significant differences in arrest trends emerged. Over the study period, increases in category-specific arrests in program and nonprogram areas, respectively, were as follows: drug possession, 17.7% and 13.4%; economically motivated offenses, 0.0% and 20.7%; resistance to police authority, 0.0% and 5.3%; and violent offenses, 7.2% and Conclusions. The lack of association of overall and type-specific arrest data with program implementation argues against the role of needle exchange programs in increasing crime rates.
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