SEATTLE - EVALUATION OF NARCOTICS BUY MONEY, AUGUST 1, 1973 - JANUARY 31, 1975

• NCJ Number: 27654
• Author(s): V A VAN DERHYDE; K E MATHEWS; D LOCK
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 24 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1017
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Washington Law and Justice Planning Office
• Corporate Author: Seattle Law and Justice Planning Office
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PROGRAM DESIGNED TO INCREASE POLICE ABILITY TO 'BUY-UP' INTO HIGHER AND MORE IMPORTANT LEVELS OF THE NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM BY INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AVAILABLE FOR THE PURCHASE OF NARCOTICS.

Abstract

THE INCREASED BUY MONEY WAS INTENDED TO FACILITATE THE DETECTION AND ARREST OF NARCOTICS DEALERS WHO ACT AS SUPPLIERS TO THE LOWER LEVEL STREET DEALERS, AND THEREFORE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM LARGER QUANTITIES OF NARCOTICS. COMPARISONS OF PRE AND POST GRANT PERIODS INDICATED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS OBTAINED, NO SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CHARGES FILED, AND A SHIFT IN DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES TOWARD MAKING HARD DRUG ARRESTS. EVALUATORS CONCLUDED THAT THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF NARCOTICS OBTAINED WAS EVIDENCE THAT THE ARRESTS THAT DID RESULT WERE OF INDIVIDUALS OF GREATER IMPORTANCE IN THE NARCOTICS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THAN THOSE PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A DISCUSSION OF THE METHODOLOGY USED TO STATISTICALLY TEST THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM.