"The spotlight initiative": evidence from oral and maxillofacial surgery.
In 1996 Strathclyde Police launched a campaign in order to reduce crime, especially violent crime in the region. Surgical data have been previously suggested as a more accurate reflection of violent activity than police statistics. Whilst police figures record success in reducing serious violent crime during this initiative, there was a slight increase in facial fractures resulting from assault in public places in the same period although this increase was not significant at the p < 0.05 level.
Oral Surgery Department, Monklands District General Hospital, Lanarkshire.
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D005260:Female; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008446:Maxillofacial Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery; D009055:Mouth / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*