Civil Remedies and Drug Control

Lorraine Green Mazerolle, James F. Price and Jan Roehl
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Lorraine Green Mazerolle: University of Cincinnati
James F. Price: Florida Atlantic University
Jan Roehl: Justice Research Center

Evaluation Review, 2000, vol. 24, issue 2, 212-241

Abstract: This study evaluates the impact of a civil remedy program (Beat Health) on drug and disorder problems under experimental field trial conditions. Using calls for service data, the authors find statistically significant differences between the control and experimental groups, when drug problem calls prior to the start of the intervention were compared to drug calls during a 12-month follow-up period. The Beat Health sites, especially the residential sites, improved relative to the control sites. By contrast, the control treatment (patrol response) led to significant increases in drug problems, particularly at the commercial properties included in this study. The authors also examined the spatial influences of the Beat Health and patrol responses in catchment areas surrounding each of the 100 study sites. The results show some improvement in the experimental residential sites. The authors found, however, a possible displacement of drug problems in and around both the commercial experimental and control sites. They show that the displacement effect is most notable in the commercial control sites.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X0002400203

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