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The relationship between youth tobacco control enforcement and crime rates in a midwestern county
L A Jason1, R Katz, S B Pokorny
1Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois 60614-3504, USA.
American Journal of Health Promotion : AJHP
|August 1, 2000
Abstract:
The crime rate in 29 counties was compared with the level of enforcement of laws restricting youth purchases. There was a linear relationship between crime rate and enforcement. Communities with the highest enforcement policies had the lowest crime rates.