Exploring Spatial Associations between On-Sale Alcohol Availability, Neighborhood Population Characteristics, and Violent Crime in a Geographically Isolated City
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-11-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
Despite the increasing evidence of the associations between alcohol availability and violence, there are still inconsistent findings on the effects of on- and off-sale alcohol outlets on violent crime.
The aim of this study was to examine spatial associations between on-sale alcohol availability, neighborhood characteristics, and violent crime in a geographically isolated city in Texas.
Methods.
Geographically weighted regression (GWR) and global regression models were employed to analyze the nature of the spatial relationship between violent crime, neighborhood sociocultural characteristics, and on-sale alcohol environment.
Results.
We found strong effects of neighborhood characteristics combined with on-sale alcohol availability on violence outcomes.
Several neighborhood variables combined with alcohol availability explained about 63% of the variability in violence.
An additional 7% was explained by the GWR model, while spatially nonstationary associations between violence and some predictor variables were observed.
Conclusions.
This study provided more credible evidence of the influence of on-sale alcohol outlets on violence in a unique setting.
These findings have important policy implications in addressing the question of public health consequences of alcohol-related violence in local contexts.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Han, Daikwon& Gorman, Dennis M.. 2013. Exploring Spatial Associations between On-Sale Alcohol Availability, Neighborhood Population Characteristics, and Violent Crime in a Geographically Isolated City. Journal of Addiction،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465386
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Han, Daikwon& Gorman, Dennis M.. Exploring Spatial Associations between On-Sale Alcohol Availability, Neighborhood Population Characteristics, and Violent Crime in a Geographically Isolated City. Journal of Addiction No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465386
American Medical Association (AMA)
Han, Daikwon& Gorman, Dennis M.. Exploring Spatial Associations between On-Sale Alcohol Availability, Neighborhood Population Characteristics, and Violent Crime in a Geographically Isolated City. Journal of Addiction. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-465386
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-465386