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Impact of a medically supervised safer injecting facility on drug dealing and other drug-related crime (2006)
(L'impact d'une salle d'injection sûre médicalement supervisée sur la revente de drogue et la criminalité liée à la drogue)
Auteur(s) :
WOOD, E. ;
TYNDALL, M. W. ;
LAI, C. ;
MONTANER, J. S. ;
KERR, T.
Année
2006
Page(s) :
4 p.
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
19
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus mots-clés
SALLE DE CONSOMMATION A MOINDRE RISQUE
;
INJECTION
;
REVENDEUR
;
STRUCTURE DE PROXIMITE
;
CRIMINALITE
;
TRAFIC
Thésaurus géographique
CANADA
Note générale :
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2006, 1, (13), 4 p.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility (SIF) recently opened in Vancouver, Canada. One of the concerns prior to the SIF's opening was that the facility might lead to a migration of drug activity and an increase in drug-related crime. Therefore, we examined crime rates in the neighborhood where the SIF is located in the year before versus the year after the SIF opened. No increases were seen with respect to drug trafficking (124 vs. 116) or assaults/robbery (174 vs. 180), although a decline in vehicle break-ins/vehicle theft was observed (302 vs. 227). The SIF was not associated with increased drug trafficking or crimes commonly linked to drug use.
North America's first medically supervised safer injecting facility (SIF) recently opened in Vancouver, Canada. One of the concerns prior to the SIF's opening was that the facility might lead to a migration of drug activity and an increase in drug-related crime. Therefore, we examined crime rates in the neighborhood where the SIF is located in the year before versus the year after the SIF opened. No increases were seen with respect to drug trafficking (124 vs. 116) or assaults/robbery (174 vs. 180), although a decline in vehicle break-ins/vehicle theft was observed (302 vs. 227). The SIF was not associated with increased drug trafficking or crimes commonly linked to drug use.
Affiliation :
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, St, Paul's Hospital, 608-1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6. Email : ewood@cfenet.ubc.ca
Canada
Canada
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