Estimating the Relationship between Alcohol Policies and Criminal Violence and Victimization

Sara Markowitz, Poe-Yamagata Eileen, Andrews Tracy, Partha Deb, Erik Nesson, Florence Curtis and Barnett Sarah Beth L.
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Poe-Yamagata Eileen: IMPAQ International, LLC, Columbia,Maryland, United States of America
Andrews Tracy: IMPAQ International, LLC, Columbia,Maryland, United States of America
Florence Curtis: Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,Georgia, United States of America
Barnett Sarah Beth L.: Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,Georgia, United States of America

German Economic Review, 2012, vol. 13, issue 4, 416-435

Abstract: Violence is one of the leading social problems in both Europe and the United States. The development of appropriate public policies to curtail violence is confounded by the relationship between alcohol and violence. In this article, we estimate the propensity of alcohol control policies to reduce the perpetration and victimization of criminal violence. We measure violence with data on individual-level victimizations from the U.S. National Crime Victimization Survey. We examine the effects of a number of different alcohol control policies in reducing violent crime. These policies include the retail price of beer, drunk driving laws and penalties, keg laws and serving and selling laws. We find some evidence of a negative relationship between alcohol prices and the probability of alcohol- or drug-related assault victimizations. However, we find no strong evidence that other alcohol policies are effective in reducing violent crimes.

Keywords: Alcohol; crime; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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