RT Article
T1 The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Controlling Crime: An Australian Aggregate-Level Analysis
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 45
IS 2
SP 201
OP 211
A2 Lind, Bronwyn
A2 Chen, Shuling
A2 Weatherburn, Don
A2 Mattick, Richard
LA Undetermined
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639313419
AB This article presents the results of a study into the effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment in preventing crime. Using court appearance records, the officially recorded offending rates of a sample of 8,154 people on the public methadone programme between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2000 were determined to see whether they were lower during periods when they were on the methadone programme than during periods when they were off the programme. After adjusting for time spent in custody, officially recorded offending rates were found to be significantly lower for most people during periods when they were in methadone treatment than during periods when they were out of it. A reduction in officially recorded offending rates was found for all age groups and for both men and women but the reduction was much more substantial for young women. When the reductions in officially recorded offending were scaled up to allow for offences that do not result in the prosecution of an offender, it was found that, for every 100 persons in methadone for one year, New South Wales gets 12 fewer robberies, 57 fewer break-and-enters and 56 fewer motor-vehicle thefts
K1 Kriminalprävention
K1 Wirksamkeit
K1 Methadonbehandlung
K1 Drogentäter
K1 Rückfälligkeit
K1 Australien