More places to buy alcohol, more violence
Published: May 6, 2008 at 12:26 AM
MELBOURNE, May 6 (UPI) -- The more places a community has selling alcohol, the higher the assault rates, an Australian study found.
The study found that, across Melbourne, the three types of outlets examined – hotel pubs, bars, and packaged liquor outlets, or liquor stores -- all had positive relationships to assault rates.
Study author Michael Livingston, a research fellow at the Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, said that increasing the density of these outlets in a suburb leads to increasing rates of violence in that suburb.
However, the study, published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research available online, also found that hotels and bars were the biggest drivers of violence in inner-city areas and packaged liquor outlets, or liquor stores were more important in suburban areas.
"The strong longitudinal relationship between outlet density and violence greatly strengthens the evidence base that density of alcohol outlets in a suburb is a driver of violence, making liquor licensing and planning regulations legitimate areas for public-health interventions," Livingston said in a statement.
The study found that, across Melbourne, the three types of outlets examined – hotel pubs, bars, and packaged liquor outlets, or liquor stores -- all had positive relationships to assault rates.
Study author Michael Livingston, a research fellow at the Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre, said that increasing the density of these outlets in a suburb leads to increasing rates of violence in that suburb.
However, the study, published in the June issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research available online, also found that hotels and bars were the biggest drivers of violence in inner-city areas and packaged liquor outlets, or liquor stores were more important in suburban areas.
"The strong longitudinal relationship between outlet density and violence greatly strengthens the evidence base that density of alcohol outlets in a suburb is a driver of violence, making liquor licensing and planning regulations legitimate areas for public-health interventions," Livingston said in a statement.
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