Use of a 'microecological technique' to study crime incidents around methadone maintenance treatment centers

Addiction

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1632-1638

  Boyd, Susan J ^a   Fang, Li Juan ^a   Medoff, Deborah R ^a   Dixon, Lisa B ^a   Gorelick, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crime; Geocoding; Methadone maintenance; Neighborhood; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPIATE ADDICTION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BALTIMORE; COMMERCE; CRIME; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 84864744622     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03872.x     Document Type: Article

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