Interactions Among Drugs, Alcohol, and Violence
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 12 (4), 65-79
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.12.4.65
Abstract
This paper identifies five research dilemmas in associating violence with substance abuse: (1) difficulty in establishing causal linkages; (2) problems associated with the legal status of substances; (3) ecological and individualistic fallacies; (4) measurement issues and problems with data sources; and (5) research design problems. The author then discusses social context and the role of rational choice as frameworks to explain the interaction among drugs, alcohol, and violence.Keywords
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