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Table 3 Police contacts, arrests, and incarceration outcomes during 12 months before the index contact in Group 1 (N = 52) and Group 2 (N = 263)

From: The relationship between police contacts for drug use-related crime and future arrests, incarceration, and overdoses: a retrospective observational study highlighting the need to break the vicious cycle

Variable

Group 1 (N = 52)

Group 2 (N = 263)

p value (Group 1 vs 2)

Total Police contacts

   

Yes, # (%)

30 (57.7)

167 (63.5)

0.437

# Episodes

191

633

 

Mean (SD)

3.7 (10.3)

2.4 (3.4)

0.346

Median

1

1

 

OD-related contacts

   

Yes, # (%)

6 (11.5)

38 (14.4)

0.667

# Episodes

6

46

 

Mean (SD)

0.1 (0.3)

0.2 (0.5)

0.554

Median

0

0

 

Total arrests

   

Yes, # (%)

24 (46.2)

82 (31.2)

0.053

# Episodes

95

171

 

Mean (SD)

1.8 (5.2)

0.7 (1.4)

0.024

Median

0

0

 

OD-related arrests

   

Yes, # (%)

4 (7.7)

17 (6.5)

0.761

# Episodes

4

22

 

Mean (SD)

0.1 (0.3)

0.1 (0.4)

0.759

Median

0

0

 

Person arrests

   

Yes, # (%)

4 (7.7)

12 (4.6)

0.313

# Episodes

12

13

 

Mean (SD)

0.2 (1.1)

0.1 (0.2)

0.327

Median

0

0

 

Society arrests

   

Yes, # (%)

19 (36.5)

56 (21.3)

0.031

# Episodes

64

109

 

Mean (SD)

1.2 (4.1)

0.4 (1.0)

0.019

Median

0

0

 

Property arrests

   

Yes, # (%)

10 (19.2)

26 (9.9)

0.060

# Episodes

19

49

 

Mean (SD)

0.4 (0.8)

0.2 (0.7)

0.048

Median

0

0

 

Incarceration

   

Yes, # (%)

27 (51.9)

76 (28.9)

0.002

Days, #

842

2683

 

Mean (SD)

16.2 (38.6)

10.2 (31.6)

0.001

Median

1

0

 
  1. p value: Mann–Whitney U test for continuous variables or Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables was used in comparing Group 1 and Group 2 outcomes