Original research
par
Callaghan, Russell C. et al
Date de publication
2023
Géographie
Canada
Langue de la ressource
English
Texte disponible en version intégrale
Non
Open Access / OK to Reproduce
Non
Évalué par des pairs
Yes
L’objectif
We assessed whether Canada’s cannabis legalization was associated with changes in adult police-reported cannabis-related, property, or violent criminal incidents.
Constatations/points à retenir
Our findings suggest that Canada’s cannabis legalization was successful in reducing cannabis-related criminalization among adults. There was also a lack of evidence for spillover effects of cannabis legalization on adult property or violent crimes.
La conception ou méthodologie de recherche
Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) time series models evaluated relations between legalization and adult cannabis-related, property, and violent crimes, using criminal incident data from the Canadian Uniform Crime Reporting Survey (UCR-2; January 1, 2015–December 31, 2021)
Mots clés
Crime
Decriminalization/legalization
Policy/Regulatory
Legal system/law enforcement
