Homicide in Chicago from 1890 to 1930: Prohibition and its impact on alcohol- and non-alcohol-related homicides

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-364

  Asbridge, Mark ^a   Weerasinghe, Swarna ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Chicago; Differential enforcement; Homicide; Prohibition; Time series

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLICE; POPULATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WAR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHICAGO; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPERANCE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 59849121095     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02466.x     Document Type: Article

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