Effects of policies to restrict malt liquor sales on neighborhood crime

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1234-1243

  Barajas, Elizabeth ^a   McKee, Patricia ^a   Hannan, Peter J ^a   Nelson, Toben F ^a   Jones Webb, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beer; Crime; Local policy; Malt liquor; Single sales

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CRIME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; COMMERCE; CRIME; HUMANS; POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960920160     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.567367     Document Type: Article

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