Research Article

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

Table 5

Alternative models of the impact of drug court implementation grants on individual index crimes.

Alternate modelsMurderRobberyAggrav. assaultRapeBurglaryLarcenyVehicle theftObservations

Model 1 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)31,041
Model 20.025 (0.49)0.031 (0.84)0.042 (1.20)0.092 (2.30)0.051 (2.11)0.043 (2.15)0.202 (5.19)31,041
Model 30.070 (1.39)0.082 (2.25)0.067 (1.80)0.113 (2.77)0.072 (2.98)0.054 (2.58)0.202 (5.12)31,041
Model 40.085 (1.74)0.079 (2.22)0.068 (2.00)0.098 (2.46)0.067 (2.83)0.069 (2.87)0.246 (6.18)46,366
Model 50.096 (1.81)0.085 (2.08)0.002 (0.05)0.140 (3.13)0.087 (3.43)0.074 (3.28)0.135 (3.23)1,680
Model 60.020 (0.54)0.077 (3.47)0.082 (2.66)0.053 (2.10)0.040 (2.10)āˆ’0.023 (1.97)0.141 (4.43)6,951
Model 70.061 (1.19)0.067 (1.83)0.051 (1.56)0.110 (2.73)0.069 (2.85)0.047 (2.34)0.221 (5.68)31,041
Model 80.033 (0.58)0.017 (0.38)0.046 (1.44)0.090 (1.75)0.047 (2.20)0.044 (2.29)0.149 (4.57)31,041

Coefficients that are significant at the 0.05 level are displayed in bold. Robust statistics are in parentheses.
Jurisdiction and year fixed effects were included along with control variables from Table 4. Variables were log transformed in all regressions except for Model 6.