Citation

Han D, Gorman DM. Alcohol Alcohol. 2013; 48(3): 370-374.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/alcalc/agt015

PMID

23455369

Abstract

Aims: To examine the effects on violence of a policy change that ended prohibition of off-sale alcohol outlets in Lubbock, Texas. Methods: Time-series analysis of violent crime data from police records comparing the periods before and after the policy change. Results: The effect of the policy change on both total violent crime and aggregated assault was small and did not approach statistical significance. Conclusions: Increased availability of alcohol through off-sale premises may not influence the type of violence reported to the police in Lubbock, Texas.

Language: en