CRIMINALITY AND ADDICTION - DECLINE OF CLIENT CRIMINALITY IN A METHADONE TREATMENT PROGRAM (FROM DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD OF DRUG ABUSE, 1975 BY E SENAY, V SHORTY, AND H ALKSNE)

• NCJ Number: 39555
• Author(s): E D EDWARDS; N S GOLDNER
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: Schenkman Publishing Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS OF A 1972 STUDY IN DETROIT ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF PARTICIPATION IN A METHADONE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM ON CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.

Abstract

A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 75 CLIENTS FROM THE DETROIT MAYOR'S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT'S (MCHRD) DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM (DAP) WERE SELECTED AND DATA REGARDING THEIR AGE; SEX; DAP ENTRY DATE; ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS PRIOR TO DAP ENTRY; AND NATURE OF CHARGES FOR WHICH THEY WERE CONVICTED PRE- AND POST-DAP EXPERIENCE WERE COLLECTED. A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR, AS MEASURED BY ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS WAS NOTED FOR DAP CLIENTS WHO STAYED WITH THE PROGRAM. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDE THAT THE RESULTS OF THIS AND SIMILAR STUDIES IN OTHER LARGE CITIES EMPHASIZE THE POSITIVE VALUE OF DRUG ABUSE PROGRAMS IN AN EFFECTIVE CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGY....EB