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Do Neighborhood Attributes Moderate the Relationship between Alcohol Establishment Density and Crime?
Prevention science, v 16(2)
01 Feb 2015
PMID: 24337980
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Abstract
Although numerous studies have found a positive association between the density of alcohol establishments and various types of crime, few have examined how neighborhood attributes (e.g., schools, parks) could moderate this association. We used data from Minneapolis, MN with neighborhood as the unit of analysis (n = 83). We examined eight types of crime (assault, rape, robbery, vandalism, nuisance crime, public alcohol consumption, driving while intoxicated, underage alcohol possession/consumption) and measured density as the total number of establishments per roadway mile. Neighborhood attributes assessed as potential moderators included non-alcohol businesses, schools, parks, religious institutions, neighborhood activism, neighborhood quality, and number of condemned houses. Using Bayesian techniques, we created a model for each crime outcome (accounting for spatial auto-correlation and controlling for relevant demographics) with an interaction term (moderator x density) to test each potential moderating effect. Few interaction terms were statistically significant. The presence of at least one college was the only neighborhood attribute that consistently moderated the density-crime association, with the presence of a college attenuating the association between the density and three types of crime (assaults, nuisance crime, and public consumption). However, caution should be used when interpreting the moderating effect of college presence because of the small number of colleges in our sample. The lack of moderating effects of neighborhood attributes, except for presence of a college, suggests that the addition of alcohol establishments to any neighborhood, regardless of its other attributes, could result in an increase in a wide range of crime.
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- Title
- Do Neighborhood Attributes Moderate the Relationship between Alcohol Establishment Density and Crime?
- Creators
- Darin J. Erickson - University of MinnesotaBradley P. Carlin - University of MinnesotaKathleen M. Lenk - University of MinnesotaHarrison S. Quick - University of MinnesotaEileen M. Harwood - University of MinnesotaTraci L. Toomey - University of Minnesota
- Publication Details
- Prevention science, v 16(2)
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- R01 AA016309; R01AA016309-02 / NIAAA NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA) R01AA016309 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000348924100009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84889971381
- Other Identifier
- 991020100068504721
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