There is a growing evidence
of an ecological association between alcohol outlet density and intimate
partner violence. It is reasonable to assume, however, that not all types of
alcohol outlets contribute equally to criminal behavior, and to date, most
ecological studies have been of large urban cities.
Using Bloomington, Indiana,
block groups as units of analysis and controlling for several structural
characteristics associated with violence rates, I estimated spatially lagged
regression models to determine if the variation in alcohol outlet density,
including total outlets and disaggregating by on- and off-premise outlets, is
related to intimate partner violence density.
Results suggested that total
alcohol outlet density and off-premise alcohol outlet density were
significantly associated with intimate partner violence density. On-premise
alcohol outlet density was not significantly associated with intimate partner
violence density.
These results not only extend the geographic scope of this
relationship beyond large metropolitan areas but also have important policy
implications.
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By: Snowden AJ.
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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