The Effectiveness of Methadone Maintenance Treatment in Controlling Crime: An Australian Aggregate-Level Analysis

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 200...

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Contributors: Lind, Bronwyn (Other) ; Chen, Shuling (Other) ; Weatherburn, Don (Other) ; Mattick, Richard (Other)
Format: Print Article
Language:Undetermined language
Published: 2005
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2005, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 201-211
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Keywords:
Kriminalprävention
Wirksamkeit
Methadonbehandlung
Drogentäter
Rückfälligkeit
Australien