Evaluating the effects of the introduction of off-sale alcohol outlets on violent crime. Academic Article

abstract

• AIMS: To examine the effects on violence of a policy change that ended prohibition of off-sale alcohol outlets in Lubbock, Texas. METHODS: Time-series analysis of violent crime data from police records comparing the periods before and after the policy change. RESULTS: The effect of the policy change on both total violent crime and aggregated assault was small and did not approach statistical significance. CONCLUSIONS: Increased availability of alcohol through off-sale premises may not influence the type of violence reported to the police in Lubbock, Texas.

authors

• Gorman, Dennis
• Han, Daikwon

published proceedings

• Alcohol Alcohol

altmetric score

• 10.462

author list (cited authors)

• Han, D., & Gorman, D. M.

citation count

• 8

complete list of authors

• Han, Daikwon||Gorman, Dennis M

publication date

• May 2013

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Alcohol and Alcoholism  Journal

keywords

• Alcohol Drinking
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Crime
• Data Interpretation, Statistical
• Humans
• Texas
• Violence

PubMed Central ID

• 23455369

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/alcalc/agt015

start page

• 370

end page

• 374

volume

• 48

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/alcalc/agt015

user-defined tag

• 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions