Drug Crime
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Effective | Implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
Promising | Implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s) | On average, there is some evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will achieve the intended outcome. | |
No Effects | Implementing the program is unlikely to result in the intended outcome(s) and may result in a negative outcome(s). | On average, there is strong evidence that implementing a program encompassed by the practice will not achieve the intended outcome or may result in a negative outcome. |
Programs
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Program Profile: North Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Program |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug testing, Probation, Law enforcement, Sanctions, Traffic laws, Traffic law enforcement, Crime prevention, Legal substances, Substance abuse, Drugs | This program seeks to reduce the rearrests of individuals previously convicted of driving while under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs through intensive testing and monitoring of drug and alcohol consumption. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant decrease in the rates of DUI arrests by roughly 9 percent in counties that implemented the program, compared with counties that did not implement the program. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Effect of Hot Spots Policing Strategies on Citizen-Officer Interactions (St. Louis, Missouri) |
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Community policing, Problem-oriented policing, Policing strategies, Law enforcement operations, Law enforcement | This intervention used two hot spots policing strategies (problem solving and directed patrol) to improve citizens’ perceptions of police in St. Louis, Mo. The program is rated No Effects. Although residents in both treatment groups reported a statistically significant increase in cooperation with the police, the preponderance of evidence suggests that the intervention had no significant impact on citizens’ perceptions of procedural justice, police legitimacy, or police abuse. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Lifestyle Change Program |
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Mental health, Reentry, Corrections, Inmate programs, Crime prevention, Recidivism | This is a psychological intervention for incarcerated males, which addresses the lifestyle concepts around crime, drug use, and gambling. The main objective of the program is to reduce recidivism through introducing program participants to lifestyle changes centering on the identification of conditions, choices, and cognition of crimes. The program is rated Promising. The program participants were statistically significantly less likely to be rearrested and reincarcerated during the follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Random Drug Testing with Immediate Results and Immediate Sanctions |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug testing, Parole, Cocaine, Heroin, Alcohol, Reentry, Community corrections, Corrections, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Courts, Illegal substances | This program was an experiment that was conducted to examine the efficacy of alternative methods of instant drug testing, and to determine how the different methods affected rates of relapse and recidivism of parolees with substance abuse issues. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group experienced a statistically significant decrease in rates of relapse, but no statistically significant difference in recidivism, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Too Good for Drugs - Elementary School |
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Schools, Alcohol, Prescription drugs, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Youth development, Positive youth development, Drug abuse prevention and education, Drugs, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18) | This is a school-based drug prevention program designed to reduce students’ intention to use alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs and promote prosocial attitudes, skills, and behaviors. The program is rated No Effects. There were mixed findings in students’ self-reported emotional competency skills, social and resistance skills, and perceptions of the harmful effects of drugs. There were also no statistically significant impacts on students’ attitudes toward drugs. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Across Ages |
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Schools, Substance abuse, Truancy, Youth development, Positive youth development, Drug abuse prevention and education, Drugs, Child health and welfare, Juvenile (under 18), Juvenile delinquency | This is an intergenerational mentoring initiative designed to delay or reduce substance use by increasing the resiliency and protective factors of at-risk middle school youth. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group showed statistically significant improvements in school attendance; reactions to situations involving drug use; and attitudes toward school, the future, and elders, compared with the control group; however, there were no effects on overall well-being or substance use. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: CASASTART |
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Schools, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Truancy, Case Management, Youth development | This is a neighborhood-based, intensive case-management approach to prevent drug use and delinquency for high-risk adolescents living in distressed neighborhoods. The program is rated No Effects. While treatment group youths had statistically significant reductions in the frequency of total violence and drug sales, there were no statistically significant effects on delinquency, property or status offenses, arrests and tickets, truancy, and disciplinary incidents or suspensions. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Reduced Probation Caseload in Evidence-Based Setting (Oklahoma City) |
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Training, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This program aims to reduce recidivism of high- and moderate-risk individuals on probation by assigning them to intensive supervision by an officer with a reduced caseload, and through the use of evidence-based practices. The program is rated Promising. Individuals who were supervised by probation officers with reduced caseloads were statistically significantly less likely to be rearrested for any crime after 2 years, compared with individuals supervised by officers with traditional caseloads. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Adult Treatment Drug Courts (Multi-site) |
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Drug courts, Diversion, Mental health | This is a program that focuses on drug-involved individuals and aims to provide specialized substance abuse treatment services. The program is rated Promising. Participants in the treatment group were statistically significantly less likely to report drug use and criminal activity than participants in the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant effect on incarceration, socioeconomic status, mental health, family support, or homelessness. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Transitional Case Management |
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Parole, Corrections, Community corrections, Reentry, Alcohol, Legal substances, Drugs | This is a strengths-based, case management intervention that provided expanded case management services to incarcerated persons during their transition from incarceration to the community. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the transitional case management treatment group and the standard referral control group in nights spent in residential substance abuse treatment or in past 30-day drug or alcohol use, at the 9-month follow up. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Operation Safe Streets (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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Assault, Gun violence, Homicide, Drug manufacturing, Drug possession, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing | This is a problem-oriented policing program targeted at high-crime areas and drug corners in Philadelphia, Pa., to prevent violent and drug-related crime. The program is rated Promising. Localized analysis of the intervention group areas (that implemented the program) found statistically significant reductions in violent and drug crime rates. However, there were no statistically significant effects on citywide homicide, violent crime, or drug crime rates. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Queens (NY) Treatment Court |
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Drug courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a drug court program for first-time, nonviolent persons convicted of felony drug offenses who are arrested in Queens County, N.Y. The court provides drug or alcohol treatment services to persons with persistent drug offenses who have a history of substance abuse. This program is rated Effective. There were statistically significant reductions in postarrest and post-program rearrest rates for program participants, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Community and Law Enforcement Resources Together (ComALERT) |
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Parole, Mental health, Reentry, Corrections, Community corrections, Corrections, Employment initiatives, Legal substances, Drugs, Policing strategies, Crime prevention | This is a reentry program in Brooklyn, N.Y., that provides substance abuse treatment, employment, and housing services for parolees. The program is rated Promising. Participants demonstrated a statistically significant lower likelihood of being rearrested or reconvicted, compared with the matched control group. However, there were no significant differences in employment and earnings, cohabitating with a partner and regular contact with their children, or drug and alcohol use. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) |
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Schools, Alcohol, Prescription drugs, Substance abuse, Drug abuse prevention and education, Drugs, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare | This is a multicomponent school-based drug and alcohol prevention program for male high school athletes. The program is rated Promising. The intervention was associated with statistically significant reductions in participants’ intent to use steroids, and statistically significant increases in their knowledge of the negative side effects of steroids and in their ability to refuse steroids and other drugs. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
Program Profile: Operation Ceasefire: Hollenbeck Initiative |
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Gang Crime, Weapons violations, Assault, Gun violence, Homicide, Kidnapping, Robbery, Community policing, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Trauma, Crime prevention, Law enforcement operations, Law enforcement | This was a policing initiative that targeted specific gangs in the Hollenbeck area of Los Angeles, California, through aggressive enforcement and problem-oriented policing. The program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant reduction in overall violent crimes in targeted blocks, compared with matched comparison blocks. However, there was no statistically significant effect on gang crimes or gun crimes. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) (1983-2009) |
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Schools, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare | This is a school-based drug use prevention program, taught by police officers, which was designed for students in the sixth through 12th grades. The primary goal was to teach peer resistance and refusal skills so that adolescents can say “no” to drugs. The program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between treatment and control group participants in drug use, attitudes toward drug use, or self-esteem. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Nashville (Tenn.) Drug Market Intervention |
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Drug possession, Drug trafficking, Surveillance, Community policing, Problem-oriented policing, Drug markets, Crime prevention, Arrests | This is a policing program that used community mobilization, strategic planning, and pulling-levers notifications to reduce drug dealing in a high-crime area in Nashville, Tenn. The program is rated Promising. At the postintervention, there was a statistically significant decline in drug crime incidents in the target area, compared with the adjacent comparison area and the rest of Nashville. But there were no statistically significant effects on violent or property offenses or calls for service. Date Posted: |
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Program Profile: Compstat (Fort Worth, Texas) |
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Regulatory offenses, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Property crime, Violent crime, Law enforcement operations, Policing strategies | This is a policing program designed to reduce crime through the management of police resources in Fort Worth, Texas. The program is rated Promising. Following the implementation of Compstat in Fort Worth, there was a statistically significant reduction in rates of overall crime and property crime, and a statistically significant increase in arrests for minor nuisance offenses. However, there were no statistically significant effects on violent crime rates. Date Posted: |
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Practice Profile: Formal Mentoring to Prevent Youth Substance Use |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Schools, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Juvenile (under 18), Child health and welfare, Juvenile delinquency, Legal substances | This practice encompasses programs that provide youths with formal supportive relationships and various positive, community-based activities and experiences to reduce their need to use alcohol and/or drugs. The practice is rated Effective for reducing the likelihood of alcohol initiation and reducing the likelihood of drug use initiation. Date Posted: |