Line Drawn Connecting Violence and Local Liquor Stores
From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
Alcohol sales at local liquor stores tend to increase violence in their neighborhoods regardless of location, while bars tend to make violent neighborhoods worse, according to a study from the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE).
"The regulation of alcohol outlets in violence-prone areas clearly is an important step to reducing crime," said study author Paul Gruenewald.
"In areas where bars are a particular problem, special effort should be made to reduce the potential for violence in these establishments."
The study appears in the May 2006 issue of the journal Addiction.
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