Generalizing the alcohol outlet-assaultive violence link: evidence from a U.S. midwestern city.
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.
Reid
Robert J
RJ
School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-1167, USA. rjreid@rci.rutgers.edu
Hughey
Joseph
J
Peterson
N Andrew
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D000328:Adult; D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019352:Censuses; D003132:Commerce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*