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Funding Drug Elimination Programs in Public Housing: Effective or Wasteful?

Funding Drug Elimination Programs in Public Housing: Effective or Wasteful? The following essay explores the decision to terminate a federally funded program, Drug Elimination Program (DEP), in public housing developments. This case study of one public house development incorporates qualitative and quantitative data derived from a program evaluation performed in year 2000. A feminist framework directs this research with findings suggesting that the DEP efforts had substantially decreased drug activity and crime in this research setting. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Applied Sociology SAGE

Funding Drug Elimination Programs in Public Housing: Effective or Wasteful?

McNeil, Lori
Journal of Applied Sociology , Volume os-23 (2): 16 – Sep 1, 2006
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© 2006 Association for Applied Social Science
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0749-0232
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1937-0245
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10.1177/19367244062300207
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Abstract

The following essay explores the decision to terminate a federally funded program, Drug Elimination Program (DEP), in public housing developments. This case study of one public house development incorporates qualitative and quantitative data derived from a program evaluation performed in year 2000. A feminist framework directs this research with findings suggesting that the DEP efforts had substantially decreased drug activity and crime in this research setting.

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Journal of Applied Sociology – SAGE

Published: Sep 1, 2006

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