Generalizing the Alcohol Outlet-Assaultive Violence Link: Evidence from a U.S. Midwestern City

Authors

Robert Reid, Montclair State UniversityFollow
Joseph Hughey, University of Iowa
N. Andrew Peterson, Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-16-2003

Journal / Book Title

Substance Use & Misuse

Abstract

This study assessed the geographic association between rates of assaultive violence and alcohol-outlet density in Kansas City, Missouri. Data were obtained for sociodemographic factors, alcohol-outlet density, and rates of assaultive violence across 89 inner-city census tracts in Kansas City, Missouri. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that sociodemographic variables predicted 61% (R2=0.61) of the variance in assaultive violence, but that an additional 9% (R2=0.09) of the variability in assaultive violence was explained by the density of alcohol outlets. Alcohol-outlet density contributed significantly to the explained variance of the regression model and was associated with higher rates of assaultive violence in this midwestern city.

DOI

10.1081/JA-120025122

MSU Digital Commons Citation

Reid, Robert; Hughey, Joseph; and Peterson, N. Andrew, "Generalizing the Alcohol Outlet-Assaultive Violence Link: Evidence from a U.S. Midwestern City" (2003). Department of Family Science and Human Development Scholarship and Creative Works. 85.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/familysci-facpubs/85

Published Citation

Reid, R. J., Hughey, J., & Andrew Peterson, N. (2003). Generalizing the Alcohol Outlet–Assaultive Violence Link: Evidence from a U.S. Midwestern City. Substance Use & Misuse, 38(14), 1971–1982. https://doi.org/10.1081/JA-120025122