Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST sKjrR0xV. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. 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 needlb 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 authority0.0% abd 5.3% ; and violent offenses, 7.2% and 8.0%. Conclusions. The lack of association of overall and type-specific arrest data with program implemtantion argues against the role of needle exchange programsin increasing crime rates.
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