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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Subst Abuse Treat. 2008 Jun 2;35(4):410–418. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2008.03.003

Table 6.

Arrests 12 Months Before and 12 Months After Proposition 36 Assessment

Before After
Untreated (n=124) Treated (n=1,335) Untreated (n=124) Treated (n=1,335)
Total arrests, % c* 91.7 b* 89.3 b** 79.6 a** b* 52.8 a** b**
     Violent 7.4 4.5 7.4 4.1
     Property 27.8 a** 17.3 a** b** 22.2 a* 12.8 a* b**
     Drug c** 82.4 b* 84.3 b** 69.4 a** b* 40.5 a** b**
     Other c* 58.3 50.2 b** 58.3 a** 35.9 a** b**
a

Differences between untreated and treated groups are significant (a*p<0.05; a** p<0.01), Pearson chi-square or Fisher’s exact test.

b

Differences across time (before, after) for each group (untreated, treated) are significant (b* p<0.05; b** p<0.01), McNemar’s test.

c

Interaction effect between time (before, after) and groups (untreated, treated) is significant (c*p<0.05; c** p<0.01), GEE.