Our results serve to reinforce the importance of multiple data sets in quantifying, understanding, and responding to the drug problem in Seattle.doi:10.1007/s10940-016-9302-0Hibdon, JulieTelep, Cody W.Groff, Elizabeth R.Springer USJournal of Quantitative Criminology...
Additionally, they highlight the importance of expanding inquiries of crime and place research into new data sources. Our results serve to reinforce the importance of multiple data sets in quantifying, understanding, and responding to the drug problem in Seattle. 展开 ...
We may also question why the most noteworthy response to the alleged illegal drug problem in the United States has been the incarceration of massive numbers of people. In fact, there are more people imprisoned for the commission of drug offenses in the United States—close to 500,000—than ...
The district attorney's office is pointing to a new partnership with ALTO Alliance, an organization that works to reduce shoplifting, as an indication of how seriously he's taking the problem. "ALTO Alliance is a multipronged solution that combines comprehensive analytics, ...
In Seattle, where liberal laws make acquisition of needles relatively easy, it has been assumed that needle sharing is not a significant problem. Results of a survey of 212 methadone maintenance clients demonstrated that needle sharing is quite prevalent among intravenous drug users in this area ...
Drug deaths reach new levels Only recently, the Seattle Times (Oct 22, 2008) reported that ‘the number of reports of serious reactions to pharmaceutical drugs has reached a new record high in America, In the first three months of the year, 20,745 serious adverse reactions have been reported...
In the fall of 2021, things reached a crisis point. At 5-foot-4, she had hit 180 pounds at age 11, and her body mass index was 32.85, well in the range for obesity under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. But the more significant problem was that fat ...
Seattle is experimenting with a tiny house village that allows drug use, but some in the nearby neighborhood don’t like being experimented on. Michael Armijo hasn’t had time to replant the tulips wilting in his planter box. He doesn’t like going outside...
it's hard to explain, but anybody that is familiar with addiction, it [smoking] affects you the same way as a drug.” Later, Paul described the difficulty of admitting that addiction, “When you say, ‘oh, I like to smoke…’ your problem is that you don't realize you're addicted ...
David Redemann, a longtime Seattle police officer who now leads training on such stings, said the case highlights the vast disparities in law enforcement’s undercover playbook, with many agencies lacking the resources to properly train officers or monitor informant drug buys. ...