Bringing "Booze" Back In: The Relationship between Alcohol and Homicide.

Parker, Robert Nash

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ERIC Number: EJ509683

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Publication Date: 1995

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Bringing "Booze" Back In: The Relationship between Alcohol and Homicide.

Parker, Robert Nash

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, v32 n1 p3-38 Feb 1995

Tested hypotheses concerning the relationship between alcohol and homicide from four major theoretical perspectives; specific predictions on the causes of types of homicide were also derived. Findings revealed that alcohol consumption rates change the way important predictors, such as poverty and deterrence, are related to specific types of homicide. (RJM)

Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Blacks, Capital Punishment, Correlation, Crime, Drinking, Homicide, Predictor Variables, Social Control, Social Environment, Subcultures, Violence

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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