title: Interactions among drugs, alcohol, and violence.
abstract: This paper identifies five research dilemmas in associating violence with substance abuse: (1) difficulty in establishing causal linkages; (2) problems associated with the legal status of substances; (3) ecological and individualistic fallacies; (4) measurement issues and problems with data sources; and (5) research design problems. The author then discusses social context and the role of rational choice as frameworks to explain the interaction among drugs, alcohol, and violence.
authors.affiliation: School of Criminal Justice, S.I. Newhouse Center for Law and Justice, Rutgers University in Newark, NJ.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fagan
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011634:Public Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*