Alcohol Outlet Density and Violence: A Geospatial Analysis

Zhu, Liqi; Gorman, Dennis M.; Horel, Scott

doi:10.1093/alcalc/agh062

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“…[15][16][17] This evidence corresponds with traditional market theories which argue that the increased availability of consumer goods results in greater consumer awareness, presents more purchasing opportunities and leads to higher sales. 18 Consequently, it can be reasoned that greater tobacco retailer density has the potential to encourage higher consumption and higher smoking prevalence.…”

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Cigarette availability and price in low and high socioeconomic areas

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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Cigarette availability and price in low and high socioeconomic areas

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

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“…14,15 Yet, other studies have found that drug-related crime is a stronger predictor of violence than alcohol outlets. 16,17 A separate consideration is that alcohol outlets are not randomly distributed in communities. The limited amount of research in this area has consistently documented that alcohol outlets tend to be concentrated in minority and lowerincome neighborhoods.…”

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Alcohol Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics in Los Angeles, California and Southern Louisiana

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The objective of this study was to examine the associations between alcohol availability types and community characteristics in randomly selected census tracts in Southern California and Southeastern Louisiana. Outlet shelf space and price by beverage type was collected from all off-sale alcohol outlets in 189 census tracts by trained research personnel. Three aspects of alcohol availability at the census tract level were considered-outlets per roadway mile, shelf space, and least price by beverage type. Using multivariate analyses, we examined the associations between census tract socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and alcohol availability types. Fifteen measures of alcohol availability were calculated-total shelf space and shelf space by beverage types (beer, malt liquor, and distilled spirits); outlets per roadway mile, per tract, and per capita; and least price by beverage type (including wine). In multivariate analyses controlling for state, male unemployment rate was inversely associated with total shelf space (p=0.03) and distilled spirit shelf space (p=0.05). Malt liquor shelf space was inversely associated with percent White (p=0.02). Outlets per roadway mile was positively associated with household poverty (pG0.0001), whereas percent African American was inversely associated with outlets per roadway mile (p=0.03). Beveragespecific least prices were not associated with any socioeconomic or demographic community characteristics. Alcohol availability types, but not least price, were associated with some community characteristics. More research exploring how alcohol availability types vary by community and their relationship to alcohol-related harms should be conducted.

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“…Most research using census blocks has been conducted in larger, denser places like Chicago (Bernasco and Block 2011) or Philadelphia (Groff and Lockwood 2014;Haberman and Ratcliffe 2015). Moreover, past research has used census tracts as units of analysis to examine densities of businesses and violent crimes (e.g., Gruenewald et al 2006;Livingston 2008;Zhu et al 2004). …”

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An information theory approach to hypothesis testing in criminological research

Maxfield

2018

Crime Sci

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Background: This research demonstrates how the Akaike information criterion (AIC) can be an alternative to null hypothesis significance testing in selecting best fitting models. It presents an example to illustrate how AIC can be used in this way. Methods:Using data from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, we test models of place-based predictor variables on street robbery and commercial robbery. We build models to balance explanatory power and parsimony. Measures include the presence of different kinds of businesses, together with selected age groups and social disadvantage.Results: Models including place-based measures of land use emerged as the best models among the set of tested models. These were superior to models that included measures of age and socioeconomic status. The best models for commercial and street robbery include three measures of ordinary businesses, liquor stores, and spatial lag.Conclusions: Models based on information theory offer a useful alternative to significance testing when a strong theoretical framework guides the selection of model sets. Theoretically relevant 'ordinary businesses' have a greater influence on robbery than socioeconomic variables and most measures of discretionary businesses.

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Alcohol Outlet Density and Violence: A Geospatial Analysis

Abstract: The findings show a clear association between alcohol outlet density and violence, and suggest that the issues of alcohol availability and access are fundamental to the prevention of alcohol-related problems within communities.

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Cigarette availability and price in low and high socioeconomic areas

Cigarette availability and price in low and high socioeconomic areas

Alcohol Availability and Neighborhood Characteristics in Los Angeles, California and Southern Louisiana

An information theory approach to hypothesis testing in criminological research

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