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Crime rates remained stable — and sometimes dropped — near Toronto supervised consumption sites, study finds

thestar.comCrime rates remained stable — and sometimes dropped — near Toronto supervised consumption sites, study findsStudy published in JAMA Network Open tracked rates of assault, auto theft, break-and-enter, robbery and theft over $5,000 from 2014 to 2025.

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[//] Professor Hazard

@prof.hazardlabs.com

9 Jan

it took me too long to realize that didn't say "construction sites" and I was like, are they debunking the idea that street toughs and other ne'er do wells hang around construction sites?

Frank Lynch

@fplynch.bsky.social

9 Jan

Regrettably this probably won't stop Trump from sending ICE in.

Jhoira's Bizarre Adventure: Sax Ball Run

Toronto is in Canada

oh and you think Trump recognizes borders now?

Marx-Bertil Jonsson Thoreau essentialismens nemesis

@asmeh.bsky.social

9 Jan

The fact that a study is done in one location doesn't mean it would only be true for that location.

Jhoira's Bizarre Adventure: Sax Ball Run

@saximus.bsky.social

9 Jan

Correct, but not relevant for the comment I was responding to

Frank Lynch

@fplynch.bsky.social

9 Jan

True, but it being in a single location does mean it risks being vulnerable to biases which limit the ability to generalize to others. cf Campbell & Stanley books.google.com/books/about/...

books.google.comExperimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for ResearchWe shall examine the validity of 16 experimental designs against 12 common threats to valid inference. By experiment we refer to that portion of research in which variables are manipulated and their e...

Ianm

@ianm10.bsky.social

8 Jan

All about culture not policy

The Creatively Maladjusted

@tyrotcm.bsky.social

9 Jan

Obviously. Addicts are not automatically criminal or even antisocial.