- Policing, drugs, and the homicide decline in New York City in the 1990s
Author:
Messner, S. F. / Galea, S. / Tardiff, K. J. / Tracy, M. / Bucciarelli, A. / Piper, T. M. / Frye, V. / Vlahov, D.
Date:
2007
Publication:
Criminology
Topics:
Crime, Homicide, Law Enforcement
Keywords:
Drug Use, Policing
Using data from the New York City Police Department, The U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City, the authors examined the role of drug use and new policing methods... read more >
- Drugs and Firearm Deaths in New York City
Author:
Galea, S. / Ahern, J. / Tardiff, K. / Leon, A. C. / Vlahov, D.
Date:
2002
Publication:
Journal of Urban Health-Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
Topics:
Ethnicity, Local, Medical
Keywords:
Drug Use, Firearms, New York City, medical examiner
The authors used Medical Examiner records data from New York City to examine the role of drugs in the incidence of firearm deaths from 1990 to 1998. From toxicology reports, they found that half of all... read more >
 

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