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Street-level drug policing to reduce drug offences and drug-related calls for service

Summary of the evidence

Rating
  • Beneficial

Street-level law enforcement approaches (including community-wide policing, problem-oriented policing, hot spots policing and standard model of policing) were found in a systematic review (EMCDDA 2017 - not published, based on Mazerolle et al., 2007) to be effective in:

  • reducing drug offences (OR 1.53, 95% CI  0.75 to 3.13)
    • problem-oriented policing (OR 2.44, 95% CI  1.30 to 4.60)
    • community-wide policing (OR 1.85, 95% CI  1.53 to 2.22)
  • reducing drug-related calls for service (OR 1.33, 95% CI  1.07 to 1.65)
    • problem-oriented policing (OR 1.44, 95% CI  1.16 to 1.77)

Details

Note: this evidence summary is only valid for the outcomes, target groups, settings and substances/patterns of use described below.

Name of response option
  • Police interventions
Desired outcome(s)
  • reduce drug-related crimes
Area(s)
  • Prevention
Specific substance or pattern of use
  • not-drug specific
Target group(s) or setting(s)
  • communities
  • law enforcement

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