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Conference Papers

Sources of confusion in the alcohol and crime debate

Don Weatherburn

Published in:
Alcohol and crime : proceedings of a conference held 4-6 April 1989
Julia Vernon (ed)
ISBN 0 642 14961 5 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1990
(AIC Conference Proceedings; no. 1)

Abstract

Weatherburn examines the relationship between alcohol consumption and crime in an attempt to clarify the terms of the debate. He looks at a common methodological problem in research examining the issue. The confusion surrounding potential explanations of the alcohol and violent crime relationship is discussed and some problems in policy debate on the subject are raised.