Alcohol outlet density is related to police events and motor vehicle accidents in Manukau City, New Zealand

Cameron, Michael P.; Cochrane, William; McNeill, Kellie; Melbourne, Pania; Morrison, Sandra L.; Robertson, Neville

doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00935.x

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“…For example, density of on-and off-premise alcohol outlets was found to be significantly associated with vandalism in prior studies (Toomey et al 2012;Wechsler et al 2002). Prior studies also found density of bars and clubs was significantly associated with property damage (Cameron et al 2012) and that living in proximity to liquor stores was associated with reports of property damage (Wilkinson and Livingston 2012), and our study supports similar conclusions. To our knowledge, there are no such studies that examined the role of alcohol outlets 15 in thefts from vehicles.…”

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“…Two other studies found alcohol outlet density was associated with several types of disorder and incivility like drunkenness (Donelly et al 2006) and with vandalism, public urination, vomiting, and drunkenness near college campuses (Wechsler et al 2002). Further, although one study found no significant association between total alcohol outlet density and malicious property damage like destruction and defacement of public, commercial, and private properties (Stevenson, Lind, and Weatherburn, 1999), another found the density of bars and clubs (but not offpremise outlet density) was significantly associated with property damage (Cameron et al 2012). Finally,5 living in close proximity to bars, clubs, or pubs has been found to be associated with being kept awake at night, and those who lived in close proximity to liquor stores reported greater property damage (Wilkinson and Livingston 2012).…”

Section: Alcohol Outlet Density and Non-violent Crimes: Theory And Rementioning

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Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods

Snowden

Stucky

Pridemore

2016

Journal of Crime and Justice

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Many studies show an association between alcohol outlets and violence, though fewer consider non-violent crime. We add to this literature using block group data from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to explore whether (1) on-and off-premise alcohol outlet density is related to thefts from vehicles and vandalism and (2) social disorganization moderates these associations. Using spatially informed regression models, we found positive effects of on-premise alcohol outlet density on thefts from vehicles.We also found positive effects of on-and off-premise alcohol outlet density on vandalism. Social disorganization was not a consistent moderator of these associations.

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Section: Alcohol Outlet Density and Non-violent Crimes: Theory And Rementioning

confidence: 91%

Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods

Snowden

Stucky

Pridemore

2016

Journal of Crime and Justice

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“…Three cross-sectional studies [48–50] provided additional insight into the possible mediating role of alcohol consumption in the relationship between outlet density and IPV (Additional file 3: Table S2). The remaining five studies [51–55] were cross-sectional designs which revealed inconsistent findings regarding the association between outlet density, type of outlet and IPV.…”

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Alcohol interventions, alcohol policy and intimate partner violence: a systematic review

2014

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BackgroundIntimate partner violence (IPV) is a significant global public health issue. The consistent evidence that alcohol use by one or both partners contributes to the risk and severity of IPV suggests that interventions that reduce alcohol consumption may also reduce IPV. This study sought to review the evidence for effects on IPV of alcohol interventions at the population, community, relationship and individual levels using the World Health Organization ecological framework for violence.MethodsEleven databases including Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL and EMBASE were searched for English-language studies and grey literature published 1 January 1992 – 1 March 2013 investigating whether alcohol interventions/policies were associated with IPV reduction within adult (≥18) intimate relationships. Eleven studies meeting design criteria for attributing effects to the intervention and ten studies showing mediation of alcohol consumption were included in the review. The heterogeneity of study designs precluded quantitative meta analysis; therefore, a critical narrative approach was used.ResultsPopulation-level pricing and taxation studies found weak or no evidence for alcohol price changes influencing IPV. Studies of community-level policies or interventions (e.g., hours of sale, alcohol outlet density) showed weak evidence of an association with IPV. Couples-based and individual alcohol treatment studies found a relationship between reductions in alcohol consumption and reductions in IPV but their designs precluded attributing changes to treatment. Randomized controlled trials of combined alcohol and violence treatment programs found some positive effects of brief alcohol intervention as an adjunct to batterer treatment for hazardous drinking IPV perpetrators, and of brief interventions with non-dependent younger populations, but effects were often not sustained.ConclusionsDespite evidence associating problematic alcohol use with IPV, the potential for alcohol interventions to reduce IPV has not been adequately tested, possibly because studies have not focused on those most at risk of alcohol-related IPV. Research using rigorous designs should target young adult populations among whom IPV and drinking is highly prevalent. Combining alcohol and IPV intervention/policy approaches at the population, community, relationship and individual-level may provide the best opportunity for effective intervention.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-881) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Since that time a significant majority of the research in this area has focused on the density of alcohol outlets. The spatial density of alcohol outlets and the association with alcohol‐related events (particularly automobile incidents) has been a fruitful research area (Cameron et al, ; Gruenewald et al, ; Scribner, MacKinnon, & Dwyer, ; Treno, Johnson, Remer, & Gruenewald, ). The density of alcohol outlets has also been investigated as a factor in alcohol consumption itself (Campbell et al, ).…”

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Methodological Prospects with the Use of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics for the Evaluation of Alcohol Policy

Curtin¹,

Pawloski²

2014

World Med & Health Policy

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There has been increasing recognition that there is a fundamental spatial component to most social phenomena, including health-related behaviors and outcomes. Health geographics has begun to develop as a significant sub-discipline within geography, and is strongly influenced by both spatial statistics and medical science. The goal of this field is to increase understanding of the spatial processes underlying health patterns, and thereby contribute to policies for encouraging healthy behavior, and mitigating both individual and public health risks. Unfortunately, the potential contributions to alcohol policy have yet to be comprehensively integrated into health geographics. This article presents a review of potential methodological contributions to alcohol policy by demonstrating the use of geographic information systems techniques and spatial statistics on a dataset comprised of alcohol-related arrest information. A wide range of outcomes are illustrated, from descriptive spatial statistics of alcohol-related behavior, to correlative analyses between sources of alcohol and alcohol arrests, and including inferential analyses regarding factors influencing alcohol-related outcomes. All of these are accompanied by suggestions regarding how policymakers can use the results in developing new policy responses or refining existing ones. Suggestions for the future directions of spatially informed alcohol policy are provided.KEY WORDS: geographic information systems, health geography, alcohol policy, spatial statistics IntroductionThere has been increasing recognition that there is a fundamental spatial component to most social phenomena, including health-related behaviors and outcomes. Health geographics has begun to develop as a significant sub-discipline within geography, and is strongly influenced by both spatial statistics and medical science. The goal of this field is to increase understanding of the spatial processes underlying health patterns, and thereby contribute to policies for encouraging healthy behavior, and mitigating both individual and public health risks. Unfortunately, the potential contributions to alcohol policy have yet to be comprehensively integrated into health geographics. This article presents a review World Medical & Health Policy, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2014 242 1948-4682 # 2014 of potential methodological contributions to alcohol policy by demonstrating the use of geographic information systems techniques and spatial statistics on a dataset comprised of alcohol-related arrest information.In the following section, the extant literature regarding the use of spatial statistics in health and alcohol-related behavior is reviewed. This is followed by a detailed description of a dataset of alcohol-related arrests provided by the Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, DC, and a range of supporting spatial datasets that are used in the analyses of the arrest data. A wide range of outcomes are illustrated, from descriptive spatial statistics of alcohol-related behavior, to correlative analyses betw...

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Alcohol outlet density is related to police events and motor vehicle accidents in Manukau City, New Zealand

Cited by 22 publications

References 42 publications

Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods

Alcohol outlets, social disorganization, and non-violent crimes in urban neighborhoods

Alcohol interventions, alcohol policy and intimate partner violence: a systematic review

Methodological Prospects with the Use of Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics for the Evaluation of Alcohol Policy

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