St Andrews Research Repository

St Andrews University Home
View Item 
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  •   St Andrews Research Repository
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • University of St Andrews Research
  • View Item
  • Register / Login
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Relationships between minimum alcohol pricing and crime during the partial privatization of a Canadian government alcohol monopoly

Thumbnail
View/Open
Martin_AlcoholMonopoly_JoSoA_D_FinalPubVersion.pdf (174.6Kb)
Date
07/2015
Author
Stockwell, T.
Zhao, J.
Marzell, M.
Gruenewald, P. J.
Macdonald, S.
Ponicki, W. R.
Martin, G.
Keywords
RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
3rd-DAS
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the independent effects of increases in minimum alcohol prices and densities of private liquor stores on crime outcomes in British Columbia, Canada, during a partial privatization of off-premise liquor sales. Method: A time-series cross-sectional panel study was conducted using mixed model regression analysis to explore associations between minimum alcohol prices, densities of liquor outlets, and crime outcomes across 89 local health areas of British Columbia between 2002 and 2010. Archival data on minimum alcohol prices, per capita alcohol outlet densities, and ecological demographic characteristics were related to measures of crimes against persons, alcohol-related traffic violations, and non–alcohol- related traffic violations. Analyses were adjusted for temporal and regional autocorrelation. Results: A 10% increase in provincial minimum alcohol prices was associated with an 18.81% (95% CI: ±17.99%, p .05). Densities of private liquor stores were not significantly associated with alcohol involved traffic violations or crimes against persons, though they were with non–alcohol-related traffic violations. Conclusions: Reductions in crime events associated with minimum-alcohol-price changes were more substantial and specific to alcohol-related events than the countervailing increases in densities of private liquor stores. The findings lend further support to the application of minimum alcohol prices for public health and safety objectives.
Citation
Stockwell , T , Zhao , J , Marzell , M , Gruenewald , P J , Macdonald , S , Ponicki , W R & Martin , G 2015 , ' Relationships between minimum alcohol pricing and crime during the partial privatization of a Canadian government alcohol monopoly ' , Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs , vol. 76 , no. 4 , pp. 628-634 . https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.628
Publication
Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.628
ISSN
1937-1888
Type
Journal article
Rights
© 2015, Publisher / the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at www.jsad.com / https://dx.doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.628
Description
Research and preparation for this article were supported by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grants R21-AA019488 and P60-AA06282.
Collections
  • University of St Andrews Research
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9839

Items in the St Andrews Research Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.

Advanced Search

Browse

All of RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateNamesTitlesSubjectsClassificationTypeFunderThis CollectionBy Issue DateNamesTitlesSubjectsClassificationTypeFunder

My Account

Login

Open Access

To find out how you can benefit from open access to research, see our library web pages and Open Access blog. For open access help contact: openaccess@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Accessibility

Read our Accessibility statement.

How to submit research papers

The full text of research papers can be submitted to the repository via Pure, the University's research information system. For help see our guide: How to deposit in Pure.

Electronic thesis deposit

Help with deposit.

Repository help

For repository help contact: Digital-Repository@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Give Feedback

Cookie policy

This site may use cookies. Please see Terms and Conditions.

Usage statistics

COUNTER-compliant statistics on downloads from the repository are available from the IRUS-UK Service. Contact us for information.

© University of St Andrews Library

University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland, No SC013532.

  • Facebook
  • Twitter