The Association Between Density of Alcohol Establishments and Violent Crime Within Urban Neighborhoods

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1468-1473

  Toomey, Traci L ^a   Erickson, Darin J ^a   Carlin, Bradley P ^a   Lenk, Kathleen M ^a   Quick, Harrison S ^a   Jones, Alexis M ^a   Harwood, Eileen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol outlets; Neighborhood; Violent crime

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BAYESIAN LEARNING; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEFT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALGORITHMS; BAYES THEOREM; CRIME; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RAPE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864563526     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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