TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The impact of recreational marijuana legalization on simple assault in Oregon
JO  - Journal of interpersonal violence
A1  - Wu, Guangzhen
A1  - Willits, Dale W.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-2605
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/08862605221076169
ID  - ref1
ER  -