Preventing Relapse into Drug Crime through Motivational Talks at a Drug Scene in Stockholm
A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Law Enforcement Tactic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6161804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mia-Maria Magnusson (0000-0002-2955-1223, Malmö University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-17 |
| Publication date | 2023-02-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nordic Journal of Studies in Policing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2703-7045 • E-ISSN: 2703-7045 |
| Publisher | Scandinavian University Press (PUBLISHER • NO) |
| DOI | 10.18261/njsp.10.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4321442651 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
A randomised controlled trial was developed and implemented together with police officers working to combat drugcrime at an open drug scene in Stockholm. The aim was to evaluate a method called motivational talks, which areheld by police officers to encourage drug crime suspects to seek help. Relapse into drug crime was compared betweenthe control group and the experimental group to determine whether the treatment, i.e., the motivational talk, had aneffect. The study shows that motivational talks had a small but non-significant impact on relapse into drug crime afternine months, but the effect had disappeared at the second follow-up. Motivational talks might still have other effectson the individual or the police. Studying the use of repeated treatment might be a way of furthering the research onthe effect of motivational talks
Criminology · Drug · Psychiatry · Community Health and Development · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |