TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bondurant, Samuel R.
AU  - Lindo, Jason M.
AU  - Swensen, Isaac D.
        TI  - Substance Abuse Treatment Centers and Local Crime
        PY  - 2016/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10208
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10208
        AB  - In this paper we estimate the effects of expanding access to substance-abuse treatment on local crime. We do so using an identification strategy that leverages variation driven by substance-abuse-treatment facility openings and closings measured at the county level. The results indicate that substance-abuse-treatment facilities reduce both violent and financially motivated crimes in an area, and that the effects are particularly pronounced for relatively serious crimes. The effects on homicides are documented across three sources of homicide data.
        KW  - substance abuse treatment
KW  - crime
KW  - homicides
        ER  -