NCJ Number
57465
Journal
Journal of Studies on Alcohol Volume: 39 Issue: 7 Dated: (1978) Pages: 1294 - 1296
Date Published
1978
Length
4 pages
Annotation
A STUDY OF 1,790 ALCOHOL-RELATED VIOLENT ACTS IN THE HAMILTON-WENTWORTH REGION OF ONTARIO, CANADA, FOUND MOST WERE MARITAL OR OTHER COMMON ASSAULTS, THE FORMER USUALLY OCCURRING IN A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
Abstract
ALL ALCOHOL-RELATED VIOLENT INCIDENTS HANDLED BY THE POLICE BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1976 AND OCTOBER 1977 WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE WHO HAD BEEN DRINKING, THE TYPE OF VIOLENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRINKING, AND THE PLACES IN WHICH THE VIOLENT EVENTS OCCURRED. OF THE 1,790 INCIDENTS, 411 WERE MARITAL ASSAULTS AND 892 WERE OTHER COMMON ASSAULTS. ALMOST 90 PERCENT OF THE MARITAL ASSAULTS OCCURRED IN THE HOME WHILE THE COMMON ASSAULTS OCCURRED ALMOST ANYWERE--240 IN ESTABLISHMENTS LICENSED TO SELL ALCOHOL, 398 IN RESIDENCES, AND 254 IN A VARIOUS OTHER PLACES. THERE WERE 148 ASSAULTS WITH INJURY, 74 ASSAULTS OF PEACE OFFICERS, 47 THREATENING ACTS THAT WERE MARITAL, 3 SEXUAL ASSAULTS OTHER THAN RAPE, 29 RAPES, 9 HOMICIDES, AND 150 THREATENING ACTS WHICH WERE NOT MARITAL. BOTH PARTIES WERE IMPLICATED IN DRINKING IN MANY INSTANCES. IN 632 CASES THE OFFENDER ALONE HAD BEEN DRINKING, IN 521 THE VICTIM HAD BEEN DRINKING, AND IN 637 BOTH HAD BEEN DRINKING. IN ONLY 13 PERCENT OF THE ASSAULTS HAD THE VICTIM ALONE BEEN DRINKING; IN 179 CASES THE OFFENDER HAD BEEN DRINKING AND IN 177 BOTH HAD BEEN DRINKING. IN NEARLY THREE-FOURTHS OF THE COMMON ASSAULTS, EITHER THE VICTIM OR BOTH HAD BEEN DRINKING. THIS WAS ALSO THE CASE WITH RAPES AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS. MORE THAN HALF THE INCIDENTS, 1,019, TOOK PLACE IN RESIDENCES. TWO TABLES PRESENT THE STUDY STATISTICS AND REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED. (GLR)