TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Social costs of robbery and the cost‐effectiveness of substance abuse treatment
JO  - Health economics
A1  - Basu, Anirban
A1  - Paltiel, A. David
A1  - Pollack, Harold A.
SP  - 927
EP  - 946
VL  - 17
IS  - 8
N2  - Reduced crime provides a key benefit associated with substance abuse treatment (SAT). Armed robbery is an especially costly and frequent crime committed by some drug-involved offenders. Many studies employ valuation methods that understate the true costs of robbery, and thus the true social benefits of SAT-related robbery reduction. At the same time, regression to the mean and self-report bias may lead pre–post comparisons to overstate crime reductions associated with SAT.<p /> 
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SN  - 1057-9230
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.1305
ID  - ref1
ER  -