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A community response approach to mental health and substance abuse crises reduced crime

The preregistered quasi-experimental study estimates 34 percent fewer targeted recorded offenses during Denver’s six-month STAR pilot and explains its coverage and recording limits.

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Thomas S. Dee and Jaymes Pyne, Science Advances 8(23), 2022.

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The preregistered quasi-experimental study estimates 34 percent fewer targeted recorded offenses during Denver’s six-month STAR pilot and explains its coverage and recording limits.

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