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    Bringen überwachte Konsumseiten eine erhöhte Kriminalität mit sich? Eine Studie legt nahe, dass es sich dabei um einen Mythos handelt


    Bringen überwachte Konsumseiten eine erhöhte Kriminalität mit sich? Eine Studie legt nahe, dass es sich dabei um einen Mythos handelt

    https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/do-supervised-consumption-sites-bring-increased-crime-study-suggests-thats-myth-370062

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    1. BeaverBoyBaxter on

      >The finding that crime did not increase mirrors results from other cities, though the decline was less expected and is not fully understood.
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      >Panagiotoglou said police may have stepped up patrols early on, which could help explain why some crime rose briefly before declining.

      This was my immediate thought as well. Police are likely to stick around supervised consumption sites if even to serve as a concession to the public for their opening.

      Besides this, this article is not particularly insightful. Some areas saw a drop in crime, some saw it stay the same. And there seems to be no clear answer as to why.

      I haven’t read the study itself, so that could offer more.

    2. GraveDiggingCynic on

      Of course it’s a myth, but society loves nothing better to moralize, and there’s no dog easier to kick that someone with addictions.

    3. Hobojoe- on

      The mental shortcut many people take is quite fascinating.

      Supervised consumption site –> ??? —> crime.

      It’s just lazy thinking.

    4. The_Arachnoshaman on

      It’s really upsetting that people don’t just see this as an extension of emergency rooms. It’s there to prevent people from just straight up dying, and it works.

      Conservatives think in black and white, they hate ambiguity, so they spin endless bullshit to justify an original position that they have no intention of ever thinking twice about. They never talk about things in a way that seeks truth, they simply want to assert their opinion.

      The only reason to oppose safe use sites, is because you want addicts to die as a consequence of drug use.

    5. ontariopiper on

      Ford seems to be preoccupied with how safe people FEEL in neighborhoods with safe injection sites rather than how factually safe they ARE in those neighborhoods. Those are not the same metrics.

    6. Macqt on

      Is this from the same batch of reports that were all based on a handful of information and deliberately designed to favour the SIS? From groups that advocate for drug users and homeless people?

      I’m gonna guess so given that the most recent study ignored several crime metrics (which skyrocketed) to make their claim.

      > researchers tracked five major crimes – assault, auto theft, break and enter, robbery and theft over $5,000 – alongside bicycle theft and theft from motor vehicles

      So they ignored harassment, vandalism, social disorder, public intoxication, public indecency, theft under $5000, and a slew of others which were a major component to people’s complaints against the sites. That’s some good research.

    7. Standard_Program7042 on

      Regardless of the crime states they denigrate the neighborhoods there in.. I worked in a mid size city downtown and after a safe injection site opened the decline at that intersection was stark. I recently was near the area and since its closed its considerably better.

      We need a better solution then drug dens spread out through out communities.

    8. 2028W3 on

      Did the number of crimes decrease over time because reporting decreased over time? At some point the victims give up when they realize the police can’t do anything.

    9. aldur1 on

      Here’s the big caveat from the JAMA article itself

      >Additionally, we did not investigate the association between the openings of OPS/SCS and public drug use, needle and syringe debris, graffiti, or public defecation, concerns repeatedly mentioned by opponents of OPS/SCS.[^(31)](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2841824#zoi251226r31) While we explored the possibility of including 311 calls in our study, we determined the quality of data insufficient and prone to reporting bias.

      These are vocal complaints from people. If you just narrow cast yourself to a strict definition of crime you’re missing out on a big part of the opposition.

      And lastly from the conclusion of the article:

      >Efforts to establish relationships with local community stakeholders and to work collectively through challenges can build goodwill and trust between OPS/SCS operators, clients, and the public. **Meanwhile, efforts to dismiss or negate the public’s concerns can undermine the public health intervention.**

    10. NerdMachine on

      >Using Toronto Police Service data from 2014 to 2025, the researchers tracked five major crimes – assault, auto theft, break and enter, robbery and theft over $5,000 – alongside bicycle theft and theft from motor vehicles, within 400 metres of each site.

      I used to live within 400m of one of these sites. After the third time something got stolen from my back yard or my car was rummaged through or windows smashed I stopped reporting and I’m not the only one.

      I don’t doubt that the more serious crimes here aren’t affected too much by these sites, especially with increased police presence, but for stuff that falls below most people’s insurance claim threshold I don’t think many are going to be reporting the constant minor crime that people complain about.

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