Crime trends and the effect of mandated
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John L. Worrall; Scott Hiromoto; Nancy Merritt; Dan Du; Jerry O. Jacobson; Marti
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Article
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2009
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act (SACPA), implemented statewide in California in July 2001, mandates drug treatment rather than incarceration for certain nonviolent drug offenders. Critics of the legislation suggest that crime increased as a result of the legislation, but researchers hav