Toronto’s Supervised Consumption Sites and Local Crime
This ecological cohort study found that the association between Toronto's OPS/SCS and crime was generally neutral to beneficial. OPS/SCS were associated with increases in break and enters, and to a lesser extent thefts from motor vehicles, immediately postimplementation. Incidents of crimes declined with time.
Authors
- Imen Farhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1856-9057)
- G. Conley Ingram
- Maximilian Schaefer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4052-0337)
- Dimitra Panagiotoglou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4756-1721)
- Jihoon Lim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5702-6517)
- Mariam Sheikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6383-1642)
- Xander Bjornsson
Institutions
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.45352
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.20