Use of a microecological technique' to study crime incidents around methadone maintenance treatment centers
Use of a microecological technique' to study crime incidents around methadone maintenance treatment centers
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10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03872.x
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2012-09-01
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Gorelick, David A.
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Boyd, Susan J.;Fang, Li Juan;Gorelick, David A.
目标 对犯罪的担忧是建立美沙酮治疗中心 (MTC) 的重大障碍。美沙酮维持治疗可减少治疗者的犯罪率，但 MTC 与社区犯罪之间的关系尚不清楚。我们评估了 MTC 周围的犯罪情况。设置美国马里兰州巴尔的摩市。参与者 我们对 13 个 MTC 和三类控制地点周围的犯罪情况进行了评估：13 个便利店（商店）、13 个住宅点和 10 个综合医院。措施 我们从巴尔的摩市警察局收集了1999年1月1日至2001年12月31日期间第1部分犯罪的报告。设计 犯罪和住宅点位置通过街道地址（地理编码）进行电子地图绘制，MTC、医院和商店通过使用全球定位卫星 (GPS) 定位器访问这些地点来绘制地图。每个地点周围以 25 米的间隔绘制同心圆形缓冲区，最长可达 300 米。我们使用泊松回归来评估犯罪计数（每单位面积的事件）与距现场距离之间的关系。结果 犯罪计数与 MTC 或医院之间没有显着的地理关系。白天（上午 7 点到下午 7 点）商店周围存在显着的负相关关系（参数估计值 -0.3127，P < 0.04），表明靠近商店的犯罪数量较高。我们发现，白天（0.5180，P < 0.0001）和夜间（0.3303，P < 0.0001），居住点周围存在显着的正相关关系，表明距离较远的地方犯罪率较高。结论 与便利店相比，美沙酮治疗中心在地理上与犯罪无关。
Aims Concern about crime is a significant barrier to the establishment of methadone treatment centers (MTCs). Methadone maintenance reduces crime among those treated, but the relationship between MTCs and neighborhood crime is unknown. We evaluated crime around MTCs. Setting Baltimore City, MD, USA. Participants We evaluated crime around 13 MTCs and three types of control locations: 13 convenience stores (stores), 13 residential points and 10 general medical hospitals. Measures We collected reports of Part 1 crimes from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2001 from the Baltimore City Police Department. Design Crimes and residential point locations were mapped electronically by street address (geocoded), and MTCs, hospitals and stores were mapped by visiting the sites with a global positioning satellite (GPS) locator. Concentric circular buffers were drawn at 25-m intervals up to 300 m around each site. We used Poisson regression to assess the relationship between crime counts (incidents per unit area) and distance from the site. Findings There was no significant geographic relationship between crime counts and MTCs or hospitals. A significant negative relationship (parameter estimate -0.3127, P < 0.04) existed around stores in the daytime (7 am7 pm), indicating higher crime counts closer to the stores. We found a significant positive relationship around residential points during daytime (0.5180, P < 0.0001) and at night (0.3303, P < 0.0001), indicating higher crime counts further away. Conclusions Methadone treatment centers, in contrast to convenience stores, are not associated geographically with crime.