ALCOHOL & VIOLENT CRIME
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Authors
Howrish, Korletta
Issue Date
2004
Type
Thesis
Language
en
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Abstract
The study presented in this thesis project attempts to clarify the relationship between alcohol and violent crime. It addresses the role alcohol plays in violent crime, whether alcohol is related to violent crime more than any other illicit drugs, and whether violence would decrease if alcohol availability and consumption were limited. One correlative study has shown that in almost two-thirds of all violent crimes the victim, the perpetrator, or both had consumed alcohol at the time of the offense. Another study established a total alcohol involvement of 42% in the violent crimes examined in the study community, which asserts evidence of a strong correlational link between alcohol and violence. The data also show that alcohol is one of many factors that play a moderate causal role in aggressive behavior and violent criminal acts. In addition, alcohol was found to have a stronger direct link to violent crime than any of the other illicit drugs, but a weaker leak to economic-compulsive and systemic crime. The data also confirms that limiting alcohol purchase and consumption does have a significant effect on reducing rates of violent crime, especially homicide.