Evaluating the Impact of Flexible Alcohol Trading Hours on Violence: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Humphreys, David K ^a   Eisner, Manuel P ^b   Wiebe, Douglas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CRIME; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LICENSING; NIGHT; POLICE; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; ROBBERY; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMERCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874041196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055581     Document Type: Article

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