Research Article

Drug Courts and Community Crime Rates: A Nationwide Analysis of Jurisdiction-Level Outcomes

Table 4

The estimated impact of the drug court and other justice grants on individual index crimes (1995–2002).

VariableMurderRobberyAggrav. assaultRapeBurglaryLarcenyVehicle theft

Drug courts 0.071 (1.50)0.079 (2.16)0.069 (2.07)0.112 (2.66)0.072 (2.93)0.051 (2.57)0.239 (6.10)
COPS Hiring0.021 (3.07)0.037 (4.81)−0.004 (0.59 )0.006 (0.069)−0.030 (4.11)−0.009 (1.68)−0.033 (3.21)
COPS MORE0.077 (4.69)−0.091 (6.32)0.023 (2.51)0.071 (3.57)−0.077 (4.35)−0.054 (4.17)−0.096 (3.96)
Weed and Seed−0.027 (1.27)0.067 (3.96)0.062 (3.13)0.072 (3.67)−0.041 (3.04)0.007 (1.15)−0.005 (0.45)
SCAAP0.052 (3.61)0.062 (4.37)0.032 (2.81)0.025 (2.16)−0.045 (4.44)−0.032 (4.21)0.026 (1.78)
Law Enforc. Block Grant0.089 (6.30)0.111 (9.51)0.083 (6.65)0.053 (6.59)−0.031 (5.81)−0.010 (2.45)−0.051 (5.06)
Per capita income 0.674 (8.19)0.542 (6.59)0.462 (6.56)0.195 (2.91)−0.882 (11.72)−0.571 (10.41)−0.783 (6.18)
Age 15−24 2.761 (3.46)3.680 (4.31)4.027 (6.35)5.152 (5.47)4.185 (6.10)−0.344 (0.87)9.245 (9.18)
Nonwhite 2.526 (4.31)−0.197 (0.439)−0.944 (1.31)2.623 (3.16)−0.834 (1.53)−1.994 (5.41)−0.165 (0.39)
Employment rate0.146 (0.38)−0.162 (0.41)0.354 (1.33)0.921 (2.67)0.122 (0.61)0.112 (1.55)0.628 (1.49)
Crime growth cells0.006 (5.15)0.008 (6.82)0.010 (10.25)0.008 (6.06)0.001 (2.02)0.002 (4.25)−0.003 (2.16)
Dependent var. (lagged) 0.077 (9.50)0.032 (11.30)0.033 (9.78)0.104 (5.71)−0.001 (1.01)0.003 (5.88)−0.005 (2.70)
Constant−0.066 (1.78)−0.109 (2.90)−0.084 (2.25)−0.109 (2.54)−0.035 (2.11)0.016 (1.37)−0.062 (2.07)
0.0570.1370.0860.0440.3640.2340.142

= 31,041 annual observations (5,172 agencies).
Coefficients that are significant at the 0.05 level are displayed in bold. Robust statistics are in parentheses. Jurisdiction and year fixed effects were also included. All variables were log transformed.