@article{ref1,
title="The impact of recreational marijuana legalization on simple assault in Oregon",
journal="Journal of interpersonal violence",
year="2022",
author="Wu, Guangzhen and Willits, Dale W.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="There has been heightened public concern about the implications of recreational marijuana legalization to public safety. Prior research on this issue has primarily focused on Colorado and Washington State-the two states that first legalized recreational marijuana in the U.S.-and on legalization's impact on major crimes. This study extends this line of research to Oregon (OR, legalized in late 2014) and examines the impact of legalization on a less serious form of violent crime-simple assault. Using Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data from 2007 to 2017 and a quasi-experimental research design, this study found that counties in OR have experienced increases in simple assault rate following legalization, relative to rates in the 19 non-legalized states. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest the need for more scholarly efforts to explore the potential impact of marijuana legalization on different subtypes of violent crime in other legalized states.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-2605",
doi="10.1177/08862605221076169",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076169"
}