Less Liquor Stores=Less Gang Violence?

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mrtonguetwista

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RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Fewer liquor outlets in gang-infested neighborhoods could result in less violence, according to a new study authored by a UC Riverside sociology professor and two graduate students.

The researchers mapped incidents of gang violence between 2000 and 2002 and compared that map to another showing the locations of outlets licensed to sell liquor.

They found that Riverside's Eastside community had both the highest concentration of gang-related violence and the highest density of alcohol outlets in the city, according to a UCR statement summarizing the study findings.


"The findings suggest that alcohol is directly related to gang-related violence, suggesting that a way to enhance gang prevention and intervention efforts would be to use alcohol policy levers to limit outlet density," wrote Professor Robert Nash Parker, co-director of UCR's Presley Center for Crime and Justice Studies, and sociology graduate students Kate Luther and Lisa Murphy

They said increased liquor license compliance checks to verify that retailers are not selling alcoholic beverages to underage customers might be one solution.

"In any community, it is well-known that there are places that won't check identification," Parker said. "Previous studies show that underage drinkers have a 65 percent success rate in buying alcohol without any challenge."

He said that if others studies confirm a link between police alcohol stings and decreased gang activity, it might mean stepped up enforcement that could translate into millions of dollars saved "on prisons and gang-intervention programs."

The researchers' study, titled "Availability, Gang Violence, and Alcohol Policy: Gaining Support for Alcohol Regulation via Harm Reduction Strategies," is in the current issue of the quarterly journal "Contemporary Drug Problems."

The study evolved from a 12-year gang intervention project in Riverside that offered insights into the relationship between alcohol consumption among gang members and their propensity for violence, according to Parker.

"Gang members always describe the role that alcohol plays," Parker wrote. "They sip 40-ouncers, they party, they get their courage up. These for the most part are underage drinkers. If alcohol use is a central part of their activity, reducing it might reduce the rate of violent activity.

"It may be that if we interrupt the supply, we will reduce their ability to get pumped up for a fight, and reduce gang violence."
 
Nov 20, 2005
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how you know? i'm the type of person who would drive across town for some liquor..then again there are grocery stores...what about 7/11's?

~k.
 
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"It may be that if we interrupt the supply, we will reduce their ability to get pumped up for a fight, and reduce gang violence."
it talks about gang-related violence...not robbin a house lol

~k.
 
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Then there will be wars over who gets a liquor store on their block
Dudes gettin strapped up to get some Mickeys grenades and shit
mmm... mickeys grenades. i like those but they can be pricy for what you get. considering a 22oz mickeys is like 99 cents. the homie from iowa said thats all they drank out there, like 30 a day and shit cause they had deals
 

Defy

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lets see, if there's hella gang violence and they reduce the number of liquor stores, in my eyes that would only increase the violence in front of stores since rivals would be going to the same spot to cop swishers
 
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lets see, if there's hella gang violence and they reduce the number of liquor stores, in my eyes that would only increase the violence in front of stores since rivals would be going to the same spot to cop swishers
exactly what i was gonna say! if there is less liquor stores that means fools are most likely gonna have to go into rival hoods to get some drank which is gonna increase the crime! at least if you have a liq in your own hood you aint got too much shit to worry about but if you gotta go on missions for a 4-0 then you on the look out! jus my opinion.